1 Samuel 25:33

33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, ¹who have kept me this day from bloodguilt ²and from avenging myself with my own hand!

1 Samuel 25:33 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:33

And blessed [be] thy advice
Thanks be to God, and to thee for it, being wise, good, and seasonable; or "thy taste" ^F7, thy good sense, knowledge, as the Targum, discretion, prudence, and understanding: and blessed [be] thou which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed]
blood;
he came out with a full resolution to shed the blood of Nabal, and of all the males in his house, but was stopped by Abigail; who by her arguments so prevailed upon him as to cause him to desist from his design, and thankful he was to God for it; for though he had vowed he would destroy Nabal and his family, yet being a rash sinful vow, he saw it was better to break it than to keep it: and from avenging myself with mine own hand;
which to do would have been sinful, vengeance only belonging to God; and now he leaves it to him, and is very thankful that he was prevented doing it himself.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Kmej) "sapor tuus", Piscator; "discretio tua", Montanus.

1 Samuel 25:33 In-Context

31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant."

32 And David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!

34 For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male."

35 Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition."

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 26 above]
• 2. [See ver. 26 above]