I looked, I thought, like Saul, who complained not only that the Philistines were upon him, but that God had forsaken him; for I did not now take due ways to compose my mind, by crying to God in my distress, and resting upon His providence, as I had done before, for my defence and deliverance; which, if I had done, I had at least been more cheerfully supported under this new surprise, and perhaps carried through it with more resolution.
No tomaba las medidas necesarias para recomponer mi espíritu, gritando a Dios mi desventura y confiando en su Providencia, como lo había hecho antes para mi alivio y salvación. De haberlo hecho, al menos me habría sentido más reconfortado ante esta nueva eventualidad y quizás la habría asumido con mayor resolución.