^12 (A)May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.

⁹ But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand ^(A)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?” ¹⁰ And David said, ^(B)“As the Lord lives, ^(C)the Lord will strike him, or ^(D)his day will come to die, ^(E)or he will go down into battle and perish. ^11 (F)The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord's anointed. But take now the spear that is ^(G)at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.”

²¹ But when ^(A)Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” ²² And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—^(B)that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.