and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, `The king hath been grieved for his son.'
And Joab son of Zeruial knoweth that the heart of the king `is' on Absalom,
And it is declared to Joab, `Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'
And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;
In the light of a king's face `is' life, And his good-will `is' as a cloud of the latter rain.
The wrath of a king `is' a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.