(5) And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
It was well that the people could not condemn him, but Samuel was more highly gratified, that he had a record on high. Reader! it is blessed, when in spiritual concerns we can appeal, like Paul, and say, God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, in the gospel of his Son. Romans 1:9.