'But I, your servant, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be like Nabal' — Abigail frames David's restraint as the work of the LORD ('melek-YHWH ʾotᵉkhā mēʾêšet dāmîm'), suggesting that God has already begun to turn David away from vengeance. Her oath formula invokes both the covenant name and David's own life, binding him to recognition of divine restraint.

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