4 Against you, you alone, I have sinned, I have done what you see to be wrong, that you may show your saving justice when you pass sentence, and your victory may appear when you give judgement,. Psalms 51:1-2 NIV Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Thomas Chalmers. Arthur Pridham. Blot out, or, as it is used in Exodus 17:14 , utterly extirpate, so as that there shall not be any remembrance of them forever. The mercy By this the Psalmist seeketh for multitude of mercies, he would show how deeply he was wounded with his manifold sins, that one seemed a hundred. It is iniquity, (!w[), avon, crooked dealing. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. HIERON. Conscience, when it is healthy, ever speaks thus: "MY transgressions." So, as we begin to study this psalm, we start with David’s initial plea for mercy from God. TITLE: A CLEAN HEART IN A DIRTY WORLD SCRIPTURE: PSALM 51:1-12 Out of all the 150 Psalms, I believe this is one of the most heart wrenching of them all. Psalm 51 is that confession and plea for forgiveness. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Deliver me, O God, from the blood guiltiness of having offended any of thy little ones; and so open my lips that I may speak of the wondrous things thou hast done for my soul! ), "David's Broken Heart; or, an Exposition upon the whole Fifty-one Psalm. because of the multitude of his sins, which required a multitude ), "Good News from Canaan; or, An Exposition on the 51 Psalm," in "The Workes of Mr. William Cowper, late Bishop of Galloway." For pardon, not pity merely, but forgiveness. Verse 1. This psalm will fill-out for us what it can look like to practice 1 John 1:9 – to confess our sins and find God to be faithful and just to forgive us all our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Mercy, lovingkindness, tender mercies. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. When David was through trying to hide his sin, he confessed it freely. (4to. What does this verse really mean? a father to his children, or like that of a mother to the son of (It is) a psalm of David. Charles D. Coetlogon. (Folio. Verse 1. Proud member it; according to thy lovingkindness; Psalm 51:5 is often used to defend the idea that humans are sinners before they are born. Numberless have been thine acts of goodness, and vast is thy grace; let me be the object of thine infinite mercy, and repeat it all in me. John Trapp. Verse 1. The third, ($ymxr), denotes what the Greeks express by oplagcnizeoqai; that most tender pity which we signify by the moving of the heart and bowels, which argues the highest degree of compassion of which human nature is susceptible. "When Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba." Have mercy upon me, O God — O thou, who art the supreme Lawgiver, Governor, and Judge of the world, whom I have most highly offended many ways, and, therefore, may most justly be condemned to suffer the effects of thy severest displeasure; I cast myself down before thee, and humbly supplicate for mercy. The second, ($dsxk), denotes a strong proneness, a ready, large, and liberal disposition to goodness and compassion powerfully prompting to all instances of kindness and bounty; flowing as freely and plentifully as milk into the breasts, or as waters from a perpetual fountain. caused to pass from him, and he might have no more conscience of A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.”. This was the devil's nest egg that caused many sins to be laid, one to, and upon another. O God. of mercy to forgive, and to encourage his hope of it. 1-3 Generous in love—God, give grace! Scrub away my guilt, soak out my sins in your laundry. Psalm 51[ a] For the director of music. Psalm 51. My God, whether recent or not, give me to feel the enormity of my manifold offences, and remember not against me the sins of my youth. As they were preached and afterwards more briefly penned by that worthy man of God, Maister GEORGE ESTEY ... Late preacher of the word of God in St. Edmund's Burie." I cannot but observe here, the gradation in the sense of the three words made use of, to express the divine compassion, and the propriety of the order in which they are placed, which would be regarded as a real excellence and beauty in any classical writer. a. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: David looked for God to do a work of spiritual and moral cleansing, and to do it in connection with the atoning sacrifice of a substitute. He had forgotten his psalmody while he was indulging his flesh, but he returned to his harp when his spiritual nature was awakened, and he poured out his song to the accompaniment of sighs and tears. everlasting and unchangeable love in Christ; from which as the 1835. And it is made use of in Leviticus 6:8 , where Noah is said to have found grace in the eyes of the Lord, that is, special favour, such as the Lord beareth to his chosen in Christ Jesus. By SIR RICHARD BAKER, Knight. They will become the teachers of the Gentiles, when first the iniquity of their own transgressions has been purged away. Suitable for the loneliness of individual penitence, this matchless Psalm is equally well adapted for an assembly of the poor in spirit. them; or that they might be blotted out, as a cloud by the clear He appeals at once to the mercy of God, even before he mentions his sin. Samuel Chandler. Pardon of sin must ever be an act of pure mercy, and therefore to that attribute the awakened sinner flies. Show mercy such as is congruous with thy grace. Exposition of Psalm LI., in "Chandler's Life of David." What a mine of rich matter and expression for prayer! Psalms 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God David, under a sense of sin, does not run away from God, but applies unto him, and casts himself at his feet, and upon his mercy; which shows the view he had of his miserable condition, and that he saw there was mercy in God, which gave him hope; and upon his bended knees, and in the exercise of faith, he asks for it; (hxm), mecheh, wipe out. There is reference here to an indictment: the Psalmist knows what it contains; he pleads guilty, but begs that the writing may be defaced; that a proper fluid may be applied to the parchment, to discharge the ink, that no record of it may ever appear against him: and this only the mercy, lovingkindness, and tender compassions, of the Lord can do. Whole Psalm. ), Preached at Ashby Delazovch, in Leicester Shire. "According to thy lovingkindness." Psalm 51:1–7 is David's plea for mercy and cleansing. 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