And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me.

A revelation was made in Israel when the people were made willing: Bless the Lord!

The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, [and He] shall be exalted.

and bringing me out from my enemies; and You shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me; You shall deliver me from the violent man.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly; he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.

After these things I heard as [it were] a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!

And a second [one] said, "Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever!"

For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety.

RECHS. O Lord, You have pleaded the causes of my soul; You have redeemed my life.

You have seen all their vengeance; You have looked on all their devices against me.

I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until He make good my cause: He also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.

And now my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood and from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.

But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing you harm, if you had not hastened and come to meet me, then I said, Surely there shall not be one male left to Nabal till the morning.

Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.

And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me [before] than it is now.

Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do what is honorable, though we may be as reprobates.

Now [may] the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!

And David heard [of it] afterwards, and said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord, even forever, of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.

And the king said to Shimei, You know all your mischief which your heart knows, which you did to David my father; and the Lord has recompensed your mischief on your [own] head.

So Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai; and then the king's wrath was appeased.

His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

He that has found a good wife has found favors, and has received favor from God. [ 18:22A] He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.

Fathers divide house and substance to their children, but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.

Who shall find a virtuous woman? For such a one is more valuable than precious stones.

Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear the Lord.