Thou art more righteous than I He ingenuously acknowledges David's integrity and his own iniquity. If a man find his enemy, will he let him go? That is, he will certainly destroy him to save himself. Thy behaviour, therefore, shows that thou hast no enmity to me. Wherefore the Lord reward thee good Because he thought himself not able to recompense so great a favour, he prays God to recompense it.
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1 Samuel 24:17-19
17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had deliverede me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.