And what can David say more to You? For You, O Lord Jehovah, know Your servant.

And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell if God will be gracious to me so that the child may live?

But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

I am eighty years old today, and can I discern between good and evil? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I any more hear the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be still a burden to my lord the king?