²¹ And he said, ^(A)“Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I ^(B)return. The Lord ^(C)gave, and the Lord has taken away; ^(D)blessed be the name of the Lord.”

²⁵ Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will ^(A)bring me back and let me see both it and his ^(B)dwelling place. ²⁶ But if he says, ‘I have no ^(C)pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, ^(D)let him do to me what seems good to him.”