But there was another immediate event—and it was the result of God’s sentence: “David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD” (vs. 13). Psalm 51 details much more of how David was broken up, deeply convicted and extremely sorrowful for what he had done. The result of David’s repentance (now back in II Samuel 12:13), was Nathan declaring, “The LORD has put away your sin; you shall not die.”