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GOD'S DEALINGS WITH DAVID. 329<br />

"have sorrowed either before or since. And behold,<br />

"O David, [p. igi] I have hearkened unto thy<br />

"voice, but do not think that I have forgiven thy<br />

"sins because of thy groaning, but I have dimin-<br />

"ished thy glory, and therefore I have pleaded<br />

"the cause of thy sin, that thou mightest know,<br />

"O David, that I do not act unjustly towards [My]<br />

"servants; although My wrath hath power, and<br />

"swiftly do I take vengeance. Dost thou not know<br />

"that when I was angry with the children of Israel<br />

"at the time they transgressed My law and com-<br />

"mandment I sent upon them the Flood and the<br />

"fiery heat of the sun from the time of its rising<br />

"until noon, and that I destroyed of them seven<br />

"hundred thousand? And yet thou fallest' upon God's<br />

'°<br />

"thy face and thou sayest unto Me as thou weepest, Davw"!<br />

"Wilt Thou be extreme to mark what is done<br />

"amiss .''^ Wilt Thou keep the sin of Thy servant<br />

"David [for ever].''^ And now that Thou hast<br />

"taken my riches and possessions wilt Thou not<br />

"be sorry for me? Let me not, I pray, be punished<br />

"with the destruction of my people, the children<br />

"of Israel. For behold, it is I who have wrought<br />

"iniquity, and I know my transgression,* therefore<br />

"do not Thou punish the children of Israel for<br />

"my offence. Then will I say unto thee. Lift up<br />

' Read fllffl^4'h •' ^ Psalm cxxx. 3.<br />

5 Psalm ciii. 9.<br />

The reading hVtl? • i.s uncertain on account of an era-<br />

sure. Read Jifl^P<br />

: ?

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