וַיֹּאמֶר֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶל־יְהוָ֜ה בִּרְאֹת֣וֹ ׀ אֶֽת־הַמַּלְאָ֣ךְ ׀ הַמַּכֶּ֣ה בָעָ֗ם וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֤י חָטָ֙אתִי֙ וְאָנֹכִ֣י הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִי וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַצֹּ֖אן מֶ֣ה עָשׂ֑וּ תְּהִ֨י נָ֥א יָדְךָ֛ בִּ֖י וּבְבֵ֥ית אָבִֽי׃ (פ)
David flehte zu dem Herrn, als er den Engel sah, der unter das Volk schlug: Ich habe gefehlt und ich habe mich vergangen, aber diese Schafe [das arme Volk], was haben dir getan? Sei doch deine Hand über mich und über meines Vaters Haus!
I Chronicles
And David lifted his eyes, and he saw the angel of the L-rd standing between earth and heaven with his sword drawn in his hand, stretched over Jerusalem. And David and the elders fell, covered with sackcloth, on their faces.
I Chronicles
And David said to G-d: Was it not I who said to count the people? It is I, then, who have sinned and who have done the evil. And these sheep, what did they do? Let Your hand be against me and against my father's house, but not against Your people, for plague!