14 According as the [a]old proverb saith, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not upon thee.

15 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?

16 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between thee and me, and see, and plead my cause, and [b]deliver me out of thine hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 24:14 Or, the proverb of an ancient man.
  2. 1 Samuel 24:16 Hebrew, judge.

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