Midrash sa Mga Awit 41:11: Aggadat Bereshit

Chapter 38: Prophets [1] "And King David was old, advanced in years (1 Kings 1:1) And Scriptures says, "And those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength" (Isaiah 40:31). and our Sages said that for thirteen years, David was sick and bedridden, and seven sheep were exchanged under him every day, which exhausted me with groaning; all night I drench my bed with tears, I soak my couch with weeping. (Psalm 6:7) These were the thirteen years that he suffered punishment for the sin he had committed. His enemies said, "When will he die and his name perish?" (Psalm 41:6) Until he begged for mercy from the Holy One, blessed be He, and said before Him, "Master of the Universe, You have kept me alive for the sake of the Temple that Samuel the Prophet entrusted to me. Please grant me life so that I may stand up from this bed and complete the scroll of the construction of the Temple," as it says, "But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them." (Psalm 41:11) He was raised from his illness and completed the scroll of the construction of the Temple. As soon as the Holy One, blessed be He, heard his prayer, he stood up from his bed, as it says, "So King David rose to his feet." (I Chronicles 28:2) And where does a person stand? Not on his feet? And what does it mean that he stood on his feet? It means that he was healed and became healthy and stood on his feet after all those years, and he handed them the scroll of the Temple, all in writing, "From the hand of the Lord upon me, He gave me understanding." (1 Chronicles 28:19) And it says, "David also gave Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, and its inner chambers, and the plan of all that he had in mind." (1 Chronicles 28:11-12) Therefore, it is said, "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength." (Isaiah 40:31)"