¹² May the Lord judge^(A) between you and me. And may the Lord avenge^(B) the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you.

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”

Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

⁸ They brought the head^(A) of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul,^(B) your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged^(C) my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

Psalm 94