And he said: Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? What have I done? or what evil is there in my hand?

and he saith, 'Why is this, my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what is in my hand evil?

And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

And he said: "For what reason has my lord pursued his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is there in my hand?

And he said, wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant?.... Suggesting that it was both below him to do it, and against his interest; for David was his servant, and he would gladly have continued in his service, and done his business, but he drove him from it, and pursued him as a traitor, when he had not been guilty of any offence to his knowledge: and therefore puts the following questions:
for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? what crime had he committed, that he was pursued after this manner, and his life sought for? what had he done worthy of death? having a clear conscience, he could boldly ask these questions.