Then David said to Abigail: "Blessed [is] the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

"When leaders lead in Israel, When the people willingly offer themselves, Bless the LORD!

"The LORD lives! Blessed [be] my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!

He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

So that men will say, "Surely [there is] a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth."

After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power [belong] to the Lord our God!

Again they said, "Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!"

For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.

You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness.

"Now therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD lives and [as] your soul lives, since the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.

"For indeed, [as] the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hastened and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!"

" Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.

She will chase her lovers, But not overtake them; Yes, she will seek them, but not find [them.] Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband, For then [it was] better for me than now.'

Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified.

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

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

Afterward, when David heard [it,] he said, "My kingdom and I [are] guiltless before the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

"Let it rest on the head of Joab and on all his father's house; and let there never fail to be in the house of Joab one who has a discharge or is a leper, who leans on a staff or falls by the sword, or who lacks bread."

The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know, as your heart acknowledges, all the wickedness that you did to my father David; therefore the LORD will return your wickedness on your own head.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath subsided.

His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.

[He who] finds a wife finds a good [thing,] And obtains favor from the LORD.

Houses and riches [are] an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth [is] far above rubies.

Charm [is] deceitful and beauty [is] passing, But a woman [who] fears the LORD, she shall be praised.