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But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
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A Clear Hope of Afterlife
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that David's statement, "I shall go to him," is a powerful expression of faith in a conscious afterlife. Rather than mere stoic resignation, scholars like Ellicott and Gill see it as David's confidence in the soul's immortality and the hope of a future reunion with his child in heaven.
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19th Century
Anglican
I shall go to him. — As far as the mere words themselves are concerned, this might be taken as the expression of a Stoic’…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
Presbyterian
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 …
