1 Samuele 25:26

26 Or dunque, signore mio, come il Signore vive, e l’anima tua vive, il Signore ti ha divietato di venire a spargimento di sangue, e di farti ragione con le tue mani. Or dunque, sieno i tuoi nemici, e quelli che procacciano male al mio signore, simili a Nabal.

1 Samuele 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 Samuele 25:26 In-Context

24 E, gittataglisi a’ piedi, disse: Signor mio, sia questa iniquità sopra me; deh! lascia pur che la tua servente parli in tua presenza, e ascolta le parole della tua servente.

25 Deh! non ponga il mio signore mente a quest’uomo tristo, a Nabal; perciocchè egli è tale, quale è il suo nome; il nome suo è Nabal, e follia è appo lui; or io, tua servente, non vidi i fanti del mio signore, i quali tu mandasti.

26 Or dunque, signore mio, come il Signore vive, e l’anima tua vive, il Signore ti ha divietato di venire a spargimento di sangue, e di farti ragione con le tue mani. Or dunque, sieno i tuoi nemici, e quelli che procacciano male al mio signore, simili a Nabal.

27 E ora, ecco questo presente, il quale la tua servente ha portato al mio signore, acciocchè sia dato a’ fanti che sono al seguito del mio signore.

28 Deh! perdona alla tua servente il suo misfatto; conciossiachè il Signore per certo farà una casa stabile al mio signore; perciocchè il mio signore guerreggia le guerre del Signore, e giammai a’ tuoi dì non è stata trovata malvagità alcuna in te.