9 He said to Saul, "Why do you listen when men say, 'David is bent on harming you'?
9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
9 And David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Behold, David seeks your harm'?
9 He called out, "Why do you listen to those who say 'David is out to get you'?
9 And David said to Saul: "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Indeed David seeks your harm'?
9 Then he shouted to Saul, "Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:9
Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:8-15
(Read 1 Samuel 24:8-15)
David was falsely charged with seeking Saul's hurt; he shows Saul that God's providence had given him opportunity to do it. And it was upon a good principle that he refused to do it. He declares his fixed resolution never to be his own avenger. If men wrong us, God will right us, at farthest, in the judgment of the great day.