I shall go to him. — As far as the mere words themselves are concerned, this might be taken as the expression of a Stoic’…

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ?
&c.] And pray; it is to no purpose, no end can be thought to be answer…

David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon and greatly laments …