1 Samuel 17:29

1Sa 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?

Ver. 29. What have I now done? ] sc., Worthy of so great blame: thus he answereth his elder brother with "meekness of wisdom," and giving place to wrath, whilst he defendeth his own wronged innocency.

Is there not a cause? ] Or, Have I not business here? and am I not equally concerned as another, in this common cause? "This day is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of blasphemy," as Isaiah 37:3 .