The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, he stayed at Ziklag for two days.

Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

Nonetheless, because you have treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?”