And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case.

And Saul saith, 'Blessed are ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;

And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.

And Saul said: "You have been blessed by the Lord. For you have grieved for my situation.

And Saul said, (g) Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
(g) the Lord recompense this friendship.

And Saul said, blessed be ye of the Lord,.... He highly commends them for the offer they made to him, blesses God for them, and desires the blessing of God upon them for it:
for ye have compassion on me; pitied him on account of the troubles he met with from his son-in-law, were sorry for him, and sympathized with him, which others did not, of which he complained, 1-Samuel 22:8.

For this treachery Saul blessed them: "Be blessed of the Lord, that ye have compassion upon me." In his evil conscience he suspected David of seeking to become his murderer, and therefore thanked God in his delusion that the Ziphites had had compassion upon him, and shown him David's hiding-place.