1 Samuel 26:21

21 —¡He pecado! —exclamó Saúl—. Regresa, David, hijo mío. Ya no voy a hacerte daño. Tú has valorado hoy mi vida; yo, en cambio, he sido un necio y me he portado muy mal.

1 Samuel 26:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 26:21

Then said Saul, I have sinned
Which is more than he acknowledged before, and yet, it is to be feared he had no true sense of his sin, and real repentance for it; but, like Pharaoh, his guilty conscience for the present forced this confession from him; see ( Exodus 9:27 ) ;

return, my son David:
meaning to his own house, or rather to his palace, since he had disposed of his wife to another man:

for I will no more do thee harm:
or seek to do it by pursuing him from place to place, as he had done, which had given him a great deal of trouble and fatigue:

because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day;
and therefore spared, when he could have taken it away; which showed that his life was dear to him, of great worth and value in his account; and therefore he would neither take it away himself, nor suffer another to do it:

behold, I have played the fool, and erred exceedingly:
in seeking after his life, and pursuing him again, when he had such a convincing proof of his sincerity and faithfulness, and of his cordial affection for him, when he only cut off the skirts of his garment in the cave, and spared his life.

1 Samuel 26:21 In-Context

19 Le ruego a Su Majestad que escuche mis palabras. Si quien lo mueve a usted en mi contra es el SEÑOR, una ofrenda bastará para aplacarlo. Pero si son los hombres, ¡que el SEÑOR los maldiga! Hoy me expulsan de esta tierra, que es la herencia del SEÑOR, y me dicen: “¡Vete a servir a otros dioses!”

20 Ahora bien, no deje usted que mi sangre sea derramada lejos de la presencia del SEÑOR. ¿Por qué ha salido el rey de Israel en busca de una simple pulga? ¡Es como si estuviera cazando una perdiz en los montes!

21 —¡He pecado! —exclamó Saúl—. Regresa, David, hijo mío. Ya no voy a hacerte daño. Tú has valorado hoy mi vida; yo, en cambio, he sido un necio y me he portado muy mal.

22 David respondió:—Su Majestad, aquí está su lanza. Mande usted a uno de sus criados a recogerla.

23 Que el SEÑOR le pague a cada uno según su rectitud y lealtad, pues hoy él lo había puesto a usted en mis manos, pero yo ni siquiera me atreví a tocar al ungido del SEÑOR.