"If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."
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And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? --
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'