For a comment on David’s words, read Psalm 51 and Psalm 32:1-11.

You shall not die—This was not spoken of the punishment of death f…

I have sinned. —The same words were used by Saul (1 Samuel 15:24; 1 Samuel 15:30), but in a total…

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord ,
&c.] Which confession, though short, was a full one, ar…

God will not permit his people to continue in sin. Through this parable, Nathan drew from David a sentence against himself. There is a great need f…