And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say David seeketh thy hurt?

And David said to Saul, Why dost thou listen to words of men, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?

And David saith to Saul, 'Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil?

And David said to Saul, Why hear you men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?

And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Look, David seeks your harm?'

And he said to Saul: "Why do you listen to the words of men who say: 'David seeks evil against you?'

David was quite aware that there were flatterers at Saul's court who were continually inflaming the King's mind by their false accusations against him. This explains the language of many of the Psalm, e. g. Ps. 10; Psalm 11:1-7; Psalm 12:1-8; 35; and many more.

And David said to Saul, (e) Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
(e) Contrary to the report of those who said David was Saul's enemy, he proves himself to be his friend.

And David said to Saul, wherefore hearest thou men's words,.... The false charges and accusations, that some of Saul's courtiers brought against David, as Doeg the Edomite, and such like sycophants and flatterers, to whom Saul hearkened, and believed what they said, and acted upon it. David chose rather to lay the blame on Saul's courtiers than on himself; and he began with him in this way, the rather to reconcile him to him, and cause him to listen to what he had to say: and represents them as
saying to him:
behold, David seeketh thy hurt? seeks to take away thy life, and seize upon thy crown and throne; than which nothing was more foreign from him.