And he said to David, you are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Voice. He was at such a distance, as not to be able to distinguish his features.
Wept. The greatest reprobates may sometimes feel sentiments of compunction, so that we need not here doubt of Saul's sincerity. (Calmet)
He might otherwise have turned upon David with his 3,000, and easily have seized his prey. (Haydock)