16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(A) in sackcloth[a] on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.

16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

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I will bow down toward your holy temple(A)
    and will praise your name(B)
    for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,(C)
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
    that it surpasses your fame.(D)

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I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

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