David said to him, “If you leave with me you will be a burden to me.

If I have sinned – what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?