17 Then David went out before them and answered and said to them: “If it is for peace+ that YOU have come to me to help me, my own heart will become at unity with YOU.+ But if it is to betray me to my adversaries when there is no wrong on my palms,+ let the God+ of our forefathers see to it and set it in order.”+

17 A true companion is loving all the time,+ and is a brother that is born for when there is distress.*+