2. The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know —This was a direct falsehood, extorted through fear. David probably supposed, like many other persons, that a lie is quite excusable which is told for the sole purpose of saving the speaker's life. But what is essentially sinful, can never, from circumstances, change its immoral character; and David had to repent of this vice of lying ( :- ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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