SEV Biblia, Chapter 25:26
Ahora pues, señor mío, vive el SEÑOR y vive tu alma, que el SEÑOR te ha vedado que vinieses a derramar sangre, y vengarte por tu propia mano. Sean, pues, como Nabal tus enemigos, y todos los que procuran mal contra mi señor.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 26. Now therefore, my lord, [as] the Lord liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth , etc.] 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, ( Samuel 25:10).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-31 - By a present Abigail atoned for Nabal's denial of David's request. He behaviour was very submissive. Yielding pacifies great offences. Sh puts herself in the place of a penitent, and of a petitioner. She coul not excuse her husband's conduct. She depends not upon her ow reasonings, but on God's grace, to soften David, and expects that grac would work powerfully. She says that it was below him to take vengeanc on so weak and despicable an enemy as Nabal, who, as he would do him n kindness, so he could do him no hurt. She foretells the glorious end of David's present troubles. God will preserve thy life; therefore it becomes not thee unjustly and unnecessarily to take away the lives of any, especially of the people of thy God and Saviour. Abigail keep this argument for the last, as very powerful with so good a man; tha the less he indulged his passion, the more he consulted his peace an the repose of his own conscience. Many have done that in a heat, whic they have a thousand times wished undone again. The sweetness of revenge is soon turned into bitterness. When tempted to sin, we shoul consider how it will appear when we think upon it afterwards.
Original Hebrew
ועתה 6258 אדני 113 חי 2416 יהוה 3068 וחי 2416 נפשׁך 5315 אשׁר 834 מנעך 4513 יהוה 3068 מבוא 935 בדמים 1818 והושׁע 3467 ידך 3027 לך ועתה 6258 יהיו 1961 כנבל 5037 איביך 341 והמבקשׁים 1245 אל 413 אדני 113 רעה׃ 7451
