⁹ And David said to Saul: ^(A)“Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’?

¹¹ Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is ^(A)neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you ^(B)hunt my life to take it. ^12 (C)Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you. ¹³ As the proverb of the ancients says, ^(D)‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you. ¹⁴ After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? ^(E)A dead dog? ^(F)A flea?