1 Samuel 25:26

26 »Pero ahora el SEÑOR le ha impedido a usted derramar sangre y hacerse justicia con sus propias manos. ¡Tan cierto como que el SEÑOR y usted viven! Por eso, pido que a sus enemigos, y a todos los que quieran hacerle daño, les pase lo mismo que a Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, [as] the Lord liveth, and [as] thy
soul liveth
Which is an oath, and respects either what goes before, that she never saw the young men that were sent to Nabal, or to what follows, the providence of God in preventing David from shedding blood, which she was sure of by an impulse on her own mind, and by observing a change in David's countenance:

seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to [shed] blood, and
from avenging thyself with thine own hand;
she does not impute this to her prudence, and the provision she made to appease David, and prevent him from shedding the blood he intended, and taking the vengeance he had resolved on; but to the Lord, and the interposition of his providence, which she knew would have its weight on the mind of so good a man as David was; who upon reflection would be thankful that he had been prevented from shedding innocent blood, as the Targum calls it:

now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal;
meaning Saul and those with him, wishing they might be as inconsiderable as Nabal; as unable, as weak, and impotent as he to do him any hurt, and as short lived, and cut off by the hand God, as he would be; for, according to Jarchi, she prophesied under the direction of the Holy Spirit. It may be observed that in ( 1 Samuel 25:24-31 ) , she frequently gives David the title of "my lord", in reverence of him, and to atone for the rudeness and insolence of her husband, in speaking of him as a runaway servant, ( 1 Samuel 25:10 ) .

1 Samuel 25:26 In-Context

24 Se arrojó a sus pies y dijo:—Señor mío, yo tengo la culpa. Deje que esta sierva suya le hable; le ruego que me escuche.

25 No haga usted caso de ese grosero de Nabal, pues le hace honor a su nombre, que significa “necio”. La necedad lo acompaña por todas partes. Yo, por mi parte, no vi a los mensajeros que usted, mi señor, envió.

26 »Pero ahora el SEÑOR le ha impedido a usted derramar sangre y hacerse justicia con sus propias manos. ¡Tan cierto como que el SEÑOR y usted viven! Por eso, pido que a sus enemigos, y a todos los que quieran hacerle daño, les pase lo mismo que a Nabal.

27 Acepte usted este regalo que su servidora le ha traído, y repártalo entre los criados que lo acompañan.

28 Yo le ruego que perdone el atrevimiento de esta servidora suya. Ciertamente, el SEÑOR le dará a usted una dinastía que se mantendrá firme, y nunca nadie podrá hacerle a usted ningún daño, pues usted pelea las batallas del SEÑOR.