Chapter 25 18 (2 Samuel 16:12). A Strong Man in a Storm—David was never more worthy of admiration than in his hour of adversity. Never was this cedar of God truly greater than when wrestling with the storm and tempest. He was a man of the keenest temperament, which might have been raised to the strongest feelings of resentment. He was cut to the quick with the imputation of unmerited wrong. Reproach, he tells us, had broken his heart. And it would not have been surprising if, stung to madness, he had given vent to his feelings of uncontrollable irritation, to bursts of vehement rage, and expressions of revenge. But there was nothing of this which would naturally be expected of a man with his stamp of character. With spirits broken and in tearful emotion, but without one expression of repining, he turns his back upon the scenes of his glory and also of his crime, and pursues his flight for his life (Letter 6, 1880).{3BC 1146.2}

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18 (2 Sam. 16,12). En stærk mand i en storm. - David har aldrig været så beundringsværdig, end han var i sin modgangstid. Aldrig har denne Guds ceder rigtig større, da han brydes med storm og uvejr. Han var et menneske med det største temperament, som kunne have rejst de stærkeste bitterhedsfølelser. Han gik til kødet med beskyldning om ufortjent fejl. Han fortæller os at skammen har sønderbrudt hans hjerte. Og det ville have været overraskende hvis han, i sindsyge, havde sine ukontrollerede vrede frit løb, for at bryde ud i heftigt raseri, hævnakt. Men der var intet i dette som kunne forventes af et menneske med hans karakterpræg. Med sønderbrudt ånd og tårefyldte følelser, og uden udtryk for græmme sig, vendte han sine herlighedsscenerier tilbage og også hans forbrydelser, og følger op om sin flygt for sit liv (Brev 6, 1880).