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Ps 7:4 Strong Concordance If I have rewarded [01580] evil [07451] unto him that was at peace [07999] with me; (yea, I have delivered [02502] him that without cause [07387] is mine enemy [06887]
  King James If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
If I have injured my friend.

yea, I have delivered, &c.--This makes a good sense, but interrupts the course of thought, and hence it is proposed to render, "if I have spoiled my enemy"--in either case (compare Sa1 24:4-17; Sa1 31:8, Sa1 31:11).
 
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11 And when the inhabitants [03427] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] heard [08085] of that which the Philistines [06430] had done [06213] to Saul [07586];
8 And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], when the Philistines [06430] came [0935] to strip [06584] the slain [02491], that they found [04672] Saul [07586] and his three [07969] sons [01121] fallen [05307] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].
4 And the men [0582] of David [01732] said [0559] unto him, Behold the day [03117] of which the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto thee, Behold, I will deliver [05414] thine enemy [0341] into thine hand [03027], that thou mayest do [06213] to him as it shall seem good [03190] unto thee [05869]. Then David [01732] arose [06965], and cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of Saul's [07586] robe [04598] privily [03909].
5 And it came to pass afterward [0310], that David's [01732] heart [03820] smote [05221] him, because he had cut off [03772] Saul's [07586] skirt [03671].
6 And he said [0559] unto his men [0582], The LORD [03068] forbid [02486] that I should do [06213] this thing [01697] unto my master [0113], the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899], to stretch forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against him, seeing he is the anointed [04899] of the LORD [03068].
7 So David [01732] stayed [08156] his servants [0582] with these words [01697], and suffered [05414] them not to rise [06965] against Saul [07586]. But Saul [07586] rose up [06965] out of the cave [04631], and went [03212] on his way [01870].
8 David [01732] also arose [06965] afterward, and went out [03318] of the cave [04631], and cried [07121] after [0310] Saul [07586], saying [0559], My lord [0113] the king [04428]. And when Saul [07586] looked [05027] behind [0310] him, David [01732] stooped [06915] with his face [0639] to the earth [0776], and bowed [07812] himself.
9 And David [01732] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Wherefore hearest [08085] thou men's [0120] words [01697], saying [0559], Behold, David [01732] seeketh [01245] thy hurt [07451]?
10 Behold, this day [03117] thine eyes [05869] have seen [07200] how that the LORD [03068] had delivered [05414] thee to day [03117] into mine hand [03027] in the cave [04631]: and some bade [0559] me kill [02026] thee: but mine eye spared [02347] thee; and I said [0559], I will not put forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against my lord [0113]; for he is the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899].
11 Moreover, my father [01], see [07200], yea, see [07200] the skirt [03671] of thy robe [04598] in my hand [03027]: for in that I cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of thy robe [04598], and killed [02026] thee not, know [03045] thou and see [07200] that there is neither evil [07451] nor transgression [06588] in mine hand [03027], and I have not sinned [02398] against thee; yet thou huntest [06658] my soul [05315] to take [03947] it.
12 The LORD [03068] judge [08199] between me and thee, and the LORD [03068] avenge [05358] me of thee: but mine hand [03027] shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith [0559] the proverb [04912] of the ancients [06931], Wickedness [07562] proceedeth [03318] from the wicked [07563]: but mine hand [03027] shall not be upon thee.
14 After [0310] whom is the king [04428] of Israel [03478] come out [03318]? after [0310] whom dost thou pursue [07291]? after [0310] a dead [04191] dog [03611], after [0310] a [0259] flea [06550].
15 The LORD [03068] therefore be judge [01781], and judge [08199] between me and thee, and see [07200], and plead [07378] my cause [07379], and deliver [08199] me out of thine hand [03027].
16 And it came to pass, when David [01732] had made an end [03615] of speaking [01696] these words [01697] unto Saul [07586], that Saul [07586] said [0559], Is this thy voice [06963], my son [01121] David [01732]? And Saul [07586] lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058].
17 And he said [0559] to David [01732], Thou art more righteous [06662] than I: for thou hast rewarded [01580] me good [02896], whereas I have rewarded [01580] thee evil [07451].
10 Behold, this day [03117] thine eyes [05869] have seen [07200] how that the LORD [03068] had delivered [05414] thee to day [03117] into mine hand [03027] in the cave [04631]: and some bade [0559] me kill [02026] thee: but mine eye spared [02347] thee; and I said [0559], I will not put forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against my lord [0113]; for he is the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899].
11 Moreover, my father [01], see [07200], yea, see [07200] the skirt [03671] of thy robe [04598] in my hand [03027]: for in that I cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of thy robe [04598], and killed [02026] thee not, know [03045] thou and see [07200] that there is neither evil [07451] nor transgression [06588] in mine hand [03027], and I have not sinned [02398] against thee; yet thou huntest [06658] my soul [05315] to take [03947] it.
2 Then Saul [07586] took [03947] three [07969] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376] out of all Israel [03478], and went [03212] to seek [01245] David [01732] and his men [0582] upon [06440] the rocks [06697] of the wild goats [03277].
3 And he came [0935] to the sheepcotes [01448] [06629] by the way [01870], where was a cave [04631]; and Saul [07586] went in [0935] to cover [05526] his feet [07272]: and David [01732] and his men [0582] remained [03427] in the sides [03411] of the cave [04631].
4 And the men [0582] of David [01732] said [0559] unto him, Behold the day [03117] of which the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto thee, Behold, I will deliver [05414] thine enemy [0341] into thine hand [03027], that thou mayest do [06213] to him as it shall seem good [03190] unto thee [05869]. Then David [01732] arose [06965], and cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of Saul's [07586] robe [04598] privily [03909].
5 And it came to pass afterward [0310], that David's [01732] heart [03820] smote [05221] him, because he had cut off [03772] Saul's [07586] skirt [03671].
6 And he said [0559] unto his men [0582], The LORD [03068] forbid [02486] that I should do [06213] this thing [01697] unto my master [0113], the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899], to stretch forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against him, seeing he is the anointed [04899] of the LORD [03068].