After doing all that he could under the circumstances to soften Saul’s antagonism toward him, David concluded: “Jehovah himself will deal him a blow; or his day will come and he will have to die, or down into battle he will go, and he will certainly be swept away.
Setelah berbuat semampunya di bawah keadaan itu untuk melunakkan sikap Saul yang memusuhinya, Daud menyimpulkan, ” Yehuwa sendiri yang akan memukul dia; atau harinya akan tiba dan ia harus mati, atau ia akan pergi berperang, dan ia pasti akan dilenyapkan.