^{26 Ref} So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

^{27 Ref} And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.