27 And now this blessing which thy handmaid has brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the servants that follow my lord.
28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thy handmaid, for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God, and he shall hurl forth the souls of thine enemies as out of the middle of a sling.
30 And it shall come to pass when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning thee and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel,
31 that this shall be no stumblingblock unto thee nor grief of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless or that my lord has avenged himself; but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.
32 Then David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me;
33 and blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with my own hand.