26 Now then, my lord, ^xas the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because ^ythe Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from ^zsaving with your own hand, now then ^alet your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, ^ywho have kept me this day from bloodguilt ^zand from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely ^gas the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^ywho has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”

39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, ^f“Blessed be the Lord who has ^mavenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, ⁿand has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. ^oThe Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and ^pspoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.