And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between earth and heaven, and his sword was drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

And David said to God, [Was it] not I [that] gave orders to number the people? And I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned; but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let Your hand be upon me, and upon my father's house, and not on Your people for destruction, O Lord!

And the heart of David convicted him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, [in] what I have now done: remove the iniquity of Your servant, I pray, for I have been exceedingly foolish.

If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O You that understand the mind of men? why have You made me as Your accuser, and why am I a burden to You?

Therefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Against You alone have I sinned, and done evil before You; that You might be justified in Your words, and might overcome when You are judged.

And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.

And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd. And the Lord said, [Is] not God [the] Lord of these? Let each one return to his home in peace.

You made us as sheep [intended] for food; and You scattered us among the nations.

[A Psalm] of instruction, of Asaph. Why have You rejected [us], O God, forever? [Why] has Your wrath been kindled against the sheep of Your pasture?

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? Do not the shepherds feed the sheep?

The weak one you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not cherished, and the bruised you have not bound up, and the stray one you have not turned back, and the lost you have not sought; and the strong you have wearied with labor.

And My sheep were scattered on every mountain, and on every high hill; yea, they were scattered on the face of the earth, and there was none to seek them out, nor to bring them back.

Awake, O sword, against My shepherds, and against the man who is My citizen, says the Lord Almighty; strike the shepherds, and draw out the sheep: and I will bring My hand upon the little ones.

Now then I will remain a servant with you instead of the lad, a slave of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brothers.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

But a hired hand, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, in order that having died to sins, we might live unto righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed.

For you were like sheep going astray, but you have turned back now to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.