29 The Lord your God will keep you safe when your enemies try to kill you. But he will snatch away their lives quicker than you can throw a stone from a sling.
30 The Lord has promised to do many good things for you, even to make you the ruler of Israel. The Lord will keep his promises to you,
31 and now your conscience will be clear, because you won't be guilty of taking revenge and killing innocent people.When the Lord does all those good things for you, please remember me.
32 David told her:I praise the Lord God of Israel! He must have sent you to meet me today.
33 And you should also be praised. Your good sense kept me from taking revenge and killing innocent people.
34 If you hadn't come to meet me so quickly, every man and boy in Nabal's family and in his servants' families would have been killed by morning. I swear by the living Lord God of Israel who protected you that this is the truth.
35 David accepted the food Abigail had brought. “Don't worry,” he said. “You can go home now. I'll do what you asked.”