³⁹ [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

⁶⁷ Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

³⁵ All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead or the grave.} to my son mourning." His father wept for him.

¹² After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.

³⁰ Now, you want to be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"

³² Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.

¹⁹ But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? They said, He is dead.

²⁰ Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.

²¹ Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.

²² He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knows whether Yahweh will not 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, but he will not return to me.

² My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

²⁶ since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.