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And this thing not good which thou hast done. the Lord lives, ye are worthy of death, ye who guard your lord the king, the anointed of the Lord: and now behold, I pray you, the spear of the king, and the cruse of water: where are the articles that should be at his head?
17
And Saul recognized the voice of David, and said, this thy voice, son David? and David said, I thy servant, lord, O king.
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And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for in what have I sinned? and what unrighteousness has been found in me?
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And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other Gods.
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And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek thy life, as the night hawk pursues in the mountains.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.