Now then, do it! For the Lord has spoken regarding David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hands of all their enemies.’”

And your servant had two sons, but the two of them fought in the field, and there was no one to save them from each other, so one struck the other and killed him.

For the king will listen, to save his slave from the hand of the man who would eliminate both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’

Hushai’s Warning Saves David

Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “This is what Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do, and this is what I have advised.

Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have shamed all your servants, who have saved your life today and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

And all the people were quarreling throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king rescued us from the hands of our enemies and saved us from the hands of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

David’s Psalm of Deliverance

Now David spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day that the Lord had saved him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You humiliate.

They looked, but there was no one to save them; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

You have also saved me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.