When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. The Lord has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent

a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

A Psalm of David.
Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me;
Fight against those who fight against me.

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;

O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.

“Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is His name;
He will vigorously plead their case
So that He may bring rest to the earth,
But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Therefore thus says the Lord,
“Behold, I am going to plead your case
And exact full vengeance for you;
And I will dry up her sea
And make her fountain dry.

I will bear the indignation of the Lord
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the light,
And I will see His

righteousness.

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the

alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

Spoil

Woe to you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.

“Because you have looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

General references

The one among the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses;

“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

For their Redeemer is strong;

He will plead their case against you.