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 my salvation” (cf. Psa 51:16), show where the repentance of Cain and that of David differ. True repentance has faith within itself, it despairs of itself, but not of God. =Psalm 39=

Prayers of One Sorely Tried at the Sight of the Prosperity of the Ungodly
In Psa 38:14 the poet calls himself a dumb person, who opens not his mouth; this submissive, resigned keeping of