I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
That have set themselves against me round about.”[[265]]
After his great sin, in the anguish of remorse and self-abhorrence he still turned to God as his best friend:
“Have mercy upon me, according to Thy loving-kindness;
According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions....
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”[[266]]
Yearnings for Home
In his long life, David found on earth no resting-place. “We are strangers before Thee, and sojourners,” he said, “as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.”[[267]]