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1Sa_24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Ver. 12. The Lord judge between me and thee.] He appealeth to God the righteous Judge: as did Athanasius, when Constantine the Arian emperor sent him into banishment, Iudicet Dominus inter me et te, O Imperator, quia calumniis inimicorum credidisti. So did John Huss, and many more martyrs, who cited their adversaries to answer them before God’s tribunal, setting them a time.
And the Lord avenge me of thee.] This he desireth ex recto iusticiae zelo, from a right principle: and woe be to those whom God’s persecuted people shall put over to him to be punished. He is the Lord God of recompences, and will surely requite. {Jer_51:56}
But mine hand shall not be upon thee.] I will not do thee that wrong, nor myself that disservice; fear it not.