And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they (k) done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
(k) David did not see the just cause why God plagued the people, and therefore he offers himself for God's correction as the only cause of this evil.