avenging Praise ye the LORD for the {avenging} of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. avenging <1SA25 -26> Now therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to [shed] blood, and from {avenging} thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. avenging <1SA25 -33> And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from {avenging} myself with mine own hand. ~~~~~~