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.
Ver. 19. For if a man find his enemy; will he let him go well away?] Not likely, unless he be more than a natural man; for we are all revengeful enough. Aristotle thinketh revenge lawful. Mohammed's laws run thus - Avenge yourselves of your enemies; marry as many wives as you can maintain; kill the infidels, &c. But we have not so learned Christ. God giveth more grace, &c.
For that thou hast done unto me this day.] Thou hast given me my life, which is more to me than my kingdom. Therefore David, though but a subject, was herein greater than King Saul; Nil enim ira magnum et magnanimum facit, a for nothing showeth more a magnanimous man, than to love an enemy, and to pardon injuries.
a A. Lap.