Then David knelt down and put his young, fresh face very close to the face of the dying man, and said solemnly and clearly in his very ear the chosen words of trust:
“When the waves of death compassed me;
“When the sorrows of hell compassed me about, and the snares of death prevented me,
“In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.”
“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
“Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul....
“Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
“For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling....
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”