124 questions David asked across 7 books
“What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel?”
“What have I now done?”
“Who am I? And what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?”
“Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped?”
“What have I done?”
“For why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?”
“Who shall tell me?”
“Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?”
“Shall I go and smite these Philistines?”
“Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand?”
“Hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?”
“After whom is the king of Israel come out?”
“For who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?”
“Art not thou a valiant man?”
“Doth my lord thus pursue after his servant?”
“One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. Is there anything better for me to do than escape?”
“For why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?”
“Shall I pursue after this troop?”
“To whom belongest thou?”
“Who will hearken unto you in this matter?”
“From whence comest thou?”
“How went the matter?”
“How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?”
“Whence art thou?”
“How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?”
“Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?”
“Died Abner as a fool dieth?”
“Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?”
“How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed?”
“Shall I go up to the Philistines?”
“Shall I go up against the Philistines?”
“How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?”
“Who am I, O Lord GOD?”
“What one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?”
“Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?”
“Art thou Ziba?”
“Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him?”
“Where is he?”
“Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?”
“Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?”
“Now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?”
“Why should he go with thee?”
“What aileth thee?”
“Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this?”
“Goest thou also with us?”
“Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us?”
“Art not thou a seer?”
“Hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?”
“What meanest thou by these?”
“Where is thy master's son?”
“What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?”
“Is the young man Absalom safe?”
“Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house?”
“Wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?”
“Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh?”
“What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me?”
“Wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?”
“Why speakest thou any more of thy matters?”
“What shall I do for you?”
“What do you want me to do for you?”
“Is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?”
“But these sheep, what have they done?”
“What wouldest thou?”
“Do you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me?”
“Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!?”
“Shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy?”
“If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you?”
“How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?”
“Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?”
“What one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?”
“Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered?”
“Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the LORD?”
“Is not the LORD your God with you?”
“Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?”
“Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort?”
“LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!?”
“O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?”
“But thou, O LORD, how long?”
“In the grave who shall give thee thanks?”
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?”
“And the son of man, that thou visitest him?”
“Flee as a bird to your mountain?”
“How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD?”
“How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily?”
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’?”
“LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?”
“O LORD, by your hand save me from such people, from those of this world whose reward is in this life?”
“Who is God save the LORD?”
“Who can understand his errors?”
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
“Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?”
“What man is he that feareth the LORD?”
“Whom shall I fear?”
“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?”
“In my alarm I said, ‘I am cut off from your sight!’?”
“What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?”
“LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?”
“Lord, how long wilt thou look on?”
“Show me, LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is?”
“Now, Lord, what wait I for?”
“Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?”
“Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?”
“Are they not in thy book?”
“In God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me?”
“I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts?”
“Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?”
“Who will bring me into the strong city?”
“Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off?”
“How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?”
“What I did not steal must I now restore?”
“O when wilt thou come unto me?”
“Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?”
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”
“Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”
“How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!?”
“Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?”
“O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?”
“Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?”
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?”