5. David’s servants said to him, “This is the day about which the Lord said to you: I will deliver your enemy into your hand; do with him as you see fit.” So David moved up and stealthily cut off an end of Saul’s robe.
6. Afterward, however, David regretted that he had cut off an end of Saul’s robe.
7. He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to lay a hand on him, for he is the Lord’s anointed.”
8. With these words David restrained his men and would not permit them to attack Saul. Saul then left the cave and went on his way.