I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

“In my distress I called to the Lord; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.

The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.