2Sa 12:22-23 | ESV | STEP | He said , While the child was still alive , I fasted and wept , for I said , Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live ?

2 Samuel 12:22-23

22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ^a‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’ 23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, ^bbut he will not return to me.”