And what can David say more to thee? For thou know thy servant, O lord LORD.

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.

And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken, for

I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my