1 Chronicles 21:17

And David said to God , Was it not I who gave command to number the people ? It is I who have sinned and done great evil . But these sheep , what have they done ? Please let your hand , O Lord my God , be against me and against my father’s house . But do not let the plague be on your people .

David said to God, “Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd, have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people.”

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.