^11 (A)The Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.”

⁶ And he said to his men, ^(A)“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.”

^12 (A)Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.

¹⁶ So David said to him, ^(A)“Your blood is on your own head, for ^(B)your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”

¹⁴ So David said to him, “How ^(A)was it you were not ^(B)afraid to ^(C)put forth your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”