Songs of the e Soul Psalm 51 by MAJOR ALLEN SATTERLEE B 22 The War Cry | JUNE 2013 y the time he carried out his horrific plan, David had not only committed adultery and exercised elaborate deception, but topped it off with the cold blooded murder of a trusted and innocent associate. It is a sordid story of a very good man going very, very bad. And he thought he’d gotten away with it. Sitting smugly on his throne and now married to the widow of the man he had murdered, his arrogance was shattered in a matter of minutes by the prophet Nathan.