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As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
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Verse 13. Revenge me of thee; or, as it is in the Hebrew, will revenge me. The meaning is, that he refers his whole cause to God, to judge and punish according to his justice; yet so as to keep himself, in the mean time, from all personal hatred to Saul, or desire of gratifying his own passion, by seeking revenge. So far from it, that when Saul was afterwards slain, we find that, instead of rejoicing at his death, he mourned most bitterly for him. Challoner.—If it be lawful to seek redress from a magistrate, much more may we appeal to the Sovereign Judge! Menochius.
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