CLV(i)
10 And the heart of David smites him, after that he has numbered the people, and David said unto Yahweh, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Yahweh, cause to pass away, I pray You, the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly..
11 And David rises in the morning, and the word of Yahweh has been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,
12 `Go, and you have spoken unto David, Thus said Yahweh:Three--I am lifting up for you, choose you one of them, and I do [it] to you..
13 And Gad comes in unto David, and declares to him, and said to him, `Do seven years of famine come in to you in your land? or three months are you fleeing before your adversary--and he pursuing you? or are three days' pestilence in your land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me..
14 And David said unto Gad, `I have great distress, let us fall, I pray you, into the hand of Yahweh, for many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall..