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May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />May the LORD therefore judge which of us is right and punish the guilty one. He is my advocate, and he will rescue me from your power!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />May the LORD therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore let the LORD be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and save me from your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore Yahweh be judge and execute justice between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and execute justice for me <i>to escape</i> from your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD be the judge and render judgment between me and you; and may He see and plead my cause and vindicate me <i>by saving me</i> from your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD be judge and decide between you and me. May he take notice and plead my case and deliver me from you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD be judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from you.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I pray that the LORD will help me escape and show that I am in the right. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD must be the judge. He will decide between you and me. He will watch and take my side in [this] matter and set me free from you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will judge, and he will decide which one of us is wrong. May he look into the matter, defend me, and save me from you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />May the LORD act as judge, and may he decide between me and you. May he see, may he plead my case, and may he vindicate me in this dispute against you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />May the LORD therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you. May he see and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH has been for judge, and has judged between me and you, indeed, He sees and pleads my cause, and delivers me out of your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah being for defender, and judge between me and between thee; and he will see and plead my cause, and he will judge me out of thine hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Be the Lord judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and judge my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 24:16> May the Lord be the judge, and may he judge between me and you. And may he see and judge my case, and rescue me from your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will be the judge to decide between us. May the LORD see this, defend my cause, and give me justice against you!” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />May the LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it, and plead my cause, and vindicate me against you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH shall be the Judge and he shall judge between me and you, and he shall see and he shall judge my cause and he shall avenge me by your hands!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord be judge and umpire between me and thee, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/24-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=7209" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/24.htm">David Spares Saul</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">May the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">be</a> <a href="/hebrew/1781.htm" title="1781: lə·ḏay·yān (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A judge. From diyn; a judge or advocate.">our judge</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: wə·šā·p̄aṭ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To judge, govern. ">and decide</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- An interval, space between. ">between you and me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā (Conj-w:: Prep:: 2ms) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·yê·re (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">May He take notice</a> <a href="/hebrew/7378.htm" title="7378: wə·yā·rêḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- Or ruwb; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. Grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. Hold a controversy; to defend.">and plead</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: rî·ḇî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">my case</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: wə·yiš·pə·ṭê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To judge, govern. ">and deliver me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yā·ḏe·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from your hand.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-8.htm">Psalm 7:8</a></span><br />The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-24.htm">Psalm 35:24</a></span><br />Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/43-1.htm">Psalm 43:1</a></span><br />Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/54-1.htm">Psalm 54:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Psalm 26:1</a></span><br />Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/9-4.htm">Psalm 9:4</a></span><br />For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/17-2.htm">Psalm 17:2</a></span><br />May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/72-2.htm">Psalm 72:2</a></span><br />May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3</a></span><br />Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/96-13.htm">Psalm 96:13</a></span><br />before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/98-9.htm">Psalm 98:9</a></span><br />before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-5.htm">Genesis 16:5</a></span><br />Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-53.htm">Genesis 31:53</a></span><br />May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-32.htm">1 Kings 8:32</a></span><br />then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm">2 Chronicles 20:12</a></span><br />Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.</p><p class="hdg">be judge</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/24-12.htm">1 Samuel 24:12</a></b></br> The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/24-22.htm">2 Chronicles 24:22</a></b></br> Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon <i>it</i>, and require <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/1-2.htm">Micah 1:2</a></b></br> Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.</p><p class="hdg">plead</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-1.htm">Psalm 35:1</a></b></br> <i>A Psalm</i> of David. Plead <i>my cause</i>, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/43-1.htm">Psalm 43:1</a></b></br> Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-154.htm">Psalm 119:154</a></b></br> Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.</p><p class="hdg">deliver [heb] judge</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/26-4.htm">1 Samuel 26:4</a></b></br> David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/20-17.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/judges/11-27.htm">Decide</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-42.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-4.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-48.htm">Delivering</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-16.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-12.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-20.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-7.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/romans/11-2.htm">Pleadeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-11.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/judges/16-26.htm">Support</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-51.htm">Uphold</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm">Vindicate</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/25-31.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-17.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Decide</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-13.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-24.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-12.htm">Delivering</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-18.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-18.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-4.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-6.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-15.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-37.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/job/16-21.htm">Pleadeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-40.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-12.htm">Support</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-45.htm">Uphold</a> <a href="/psalms/7-8.htm">Vindicate</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-1.htm">David, in a cave at En Gedi, spares his life</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-8.htm">He shows thereby his innocence,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-16.htm">Saul, acknowledging his fault, takes an oath of David, and departs.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me.</b><br>In this phrase, David appeals to God as the ultimate judge, reflecting the biblical principle that God is the righteous judge of all the earth (<a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Genesis 18:25</a>). This appeal to divine judgment underscores David's faith in God's justice rather than taking matters into his own hands. The context is David's encounter with Saul in the cave, where David spares Saul's life, demonstrating his respect for God's anointed king despite Saul's pursuit to kill him. This reflects the cultural and historical context of the time, where kingship was seen as divinely appointed. David's reliance on God as judge also prefigures the New Testament teaching that Christ will judge the living and the dead (<a href="/2_timothy/4.htm">2 Timothy 4:1</a>).<p><b>May He take notice and plead my case</b><br>David's request for God to "take notice" and "plead my case" indicates his desire for divine advocacy. This reflects the biblical theme of God as the defender of the innocent and the oppressed (<a href="/psalms/9-4.htm">Psalm 9:4</a>). In the cultural context of ancient Israel, legal disputes were often resolved by appealing to a higher authority, and David seeks God's intervention as the highest authority. This plea for divine advocacy can be seen as a type of Christ, who is described as our advocate with the Father (1 <a href="/john/2.htm">John 2:1</a>), interceding on behalf of believers.<p><b>and deliver me from your hand.”</b><br>David's request for deliverance from Saul's hand highlights his trust in God's power to save. This reflects the broader biblical narrative of God as a deliverer, as seen in the Exodus story where God delivers Israel from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30</a>). The phrase also connects to the Psalms, where David frequently calls upon God for deliverance from his enemies (<a href="/psalms/18-48.htm">Psalm 18:48</a>). This reliance on divine deliverance foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who delivers believers from sin and death (<a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13-14</a>). David's faith in God's deliverance serves as a model for believers to trust in God's saving power in times of trouble.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The future king of Israel, anointed by Samuel, who is currently fleeing from King Saul. In this chapter, David spares Saul's life in the cave at En Gedi.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, who is pursuing David out of jealousy and fear of losing his throne.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/en_gedi.htm">En Gedi</a></b><br>A desert oasis near the Dead Sea where David and his men hide from Saul.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cave.htm">The Cave</a></b><br>The location where David has the opportunity to kill Saul but chooses to spare him, demonstrating his respect for God's anointed king.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The God of Israel, whom David calls upon to judge between him and Saul.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_divine_justice.htm">Trust in Divine Justice</a></b><br>David's appeal to God as the ultimate judge teaches us to trust in God's justice rather than taking matters into our own hands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_authority.htm">Respect for Authority</a></b><br>Despite Saul's unjust actions, David respects Saul's position as God's anointed king, reminding us to respect authority even when it is flawed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/patience_in_adversity.htm">Patience in Adversity</a></b><br>David's restraint and patience in the face of persecution encourage us to wait on God's timing for deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/forgiveness_and_mercy.htm">Forgiveness and Mercy</a></b><br>By sparing Saul, David demonstrates mercy, a quality that Christians are called to emulate in their relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_plan.htm">Faith in God's Plan</a></b><br>David's reliance on God to plead his case shows his faith in God's sovereign plan, encouraging us to trust in God's purposes for our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_grant_israel_a_king.htm">If God disapproved of Israel's request for a king (1 Samuel 8:7), why did He still grant it?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_census-taking.htm">Why does God kill people for taking a census (2 Samuel 24:1-15)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_15_26_conflict_with_later_plagues.htm">Does the promise of divine protection in Exodus 15:26 conflict with later biblical accounts of Israel suffering plagues and diseases?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_teaching_and_senior_pastors_differ.htm">What does 'The LORD is my life's strength' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.</span>--Shall I lay these hands on the Lord's Anointed? God forbid. No; I will not do it for a kingdom. Such wicked feats I leave for wicked men to act. God can and will in His own due time make good His own promise without my sin. I shall be content to wait His leisure, and remain in the sad condition I now am in, till it shall please Him to bring me out of it.--<span class= "ital">Bishop Sanderson, </span>in Wordsworth.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/24-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">May the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our judge</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדַיָּ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏay·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1781.htm">Strong's 1781: </a> </span><span class="str2">A judge, advocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and decide</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁפַ֖ט</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·p̄aṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between you and me.</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּינִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">May He take notice</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיֵ֙רֶא֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yê·re)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and plead</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָרֵ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·rêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7378.htm">Strong's 7378: </a> </span><span class="str2">To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my case</span><br /><span class="heb">רִיבִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(rî·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7379.htm">Strong's 7379: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strife, dispute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and deliver me</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִשְׁפְּטֵ֖נִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiš·pə·ṭê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your hand.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yā·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/24-15.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 24:15 Yahweh therefore be judge and give sentence (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/24-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 24:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 24:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/24-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 24:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 24:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>