His advisers were amazed. “We don’t understand you,” they told him. “While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again.”

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John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then said his servants unto him, what thing [is] this that
you have done ?
&c.] Or wh…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 …