1 Samuel 26:23
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord render to every man his righteousness, and his faithfulness,.... Or recompense every man that deals justly and faithfully with others, as he had done with Saul; or the Lord, who is just and…
Here is, I. Saul's penitent confession of his fault and folly in persecuting David and his promise to do so no more. This second instance of David's respect to him wrought more upon him than the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The Lord render, &c. Better, shall render. In 1Sa 24:19 the equivalent of these words is put Into Saul's mouth. David is not sounding his own praises, but as before (1Sa 24:12) declaring his…
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