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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:1

Psalms 51:1. 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. O pity, help, and answer me in the desires I am now about to spread before thee; according to thy loving- kindness Thy known clemency and infinite compassions. For I pretend to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:2

Psalms 51:2. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, &c. “I have made myself exceeding loathsome by my repeated and heinous acts of wickedness, which, like a stain that hath long stuck to a garment, is not easily purged away; but do not, therefore, I beseech thee, abhor me, but rather magnify thy mercy in purifying me perfectly, and cleansing me so thoroughly, that there may be no spot remaining in me.” Bishop Patrick. Hebrew, הרבה כבסני , harbeh chabbeseeni, is literally, multiplica,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:3

Psalms 51:3. For I acknowledge my transgressions With grief, and shame, and abhorrence of myself and of my sins, which hitherto I have dissembled and covered. And, being thus truly penitent, I hope and beg that I may find mercy with thee. This David had formerly found to be the only way of obtaining forgiveness and peace of conscience, Psalms 32:4-5, and he now hoped to find the same blessings in the same way. And my sin is ever before me That sin, which I had cast behind my back, is now... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

Psalms 51:0 David’s repentanceHaving committed adultery with Bathsheba, David then arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed, so that he could take Bathsheba as a royal wife (2 Samuel 11:1-27). The prophet Nathan found out David’s sin, condemned him to his face, then pronounced God’s judgment upon him (2 Samuel 12:1-15). This psalm displays David’s deep sorrow as he confesses his sin to God.David makes no excuses. He acknowledges his sin and realizes that he can do nothing to receive... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:1

Title. A Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. See App-65 . when Nathan, &c. See 2 Samuel 11:2 ; 2 Samuel 12:1 . David's utterance when he lay all night upon the earth as a penitent (2 Samuel 12:16 ). Compare his utterance when he "sat before the LORD "as a worshipper (2 Samuel 7:18-29 ), and when he "stood upon his feet" as a servant (1 Chronicles 28:2-10 ). Have mercy upon me = Be gracious or favourable unto me. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . lovingkindness: or, grace. blot out = erase, as a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:2

Wash: as a garment, Hebrew. kabas. Heb form = multiply to wash = wash thoroughly. iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44 . cleanse: i.e. pronounce ceremonially clean. sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44 , read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:3

acknowledge. Confession is ever the condition of forgiveness. See notes on Psalms 32:5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 51:1

PSALM 51THE PENITENTIAL OF PENITENTIALSHere we have adopted the title by Arnold Rhodes, expressing some kind of a superlative for this Psalm, which we think it fully deserves.For ages, the psalm has been identified with King David's prayer for pardon, as the superscription has it:For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.Of all the Oriental kings, satraps, emperors, and rulers of whatever name who ever lived on earth, King... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:1

Psalms 51:0. David prayeth for remission of sins, whereof he maketh a deep confession: he prayeth for sanctification. God delighteth not in sacrifice, but in sincerity: David prayeth for the church. To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Title. לדוד מזמור למנצח lamnatseach mizmor ledavid.— No one can read this psalm of David, but must see all the characters of true repentance in the person who wrote it, and the marks of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:2

Psalms 51:2. Wash me thoroughly, &c.— The original כבסני ברבה hereb kabseini is, multiply, or, in multiplying, wash me from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for the word multiply refers to both verbs, wash me and cleanse me, and is well rendered in our version by thoroughly wash me; as a garment often washed is thoroughly cleansed from its impurity. This form of expression is frequent in the Old Testament. See Isaiah 1:16. The meaning of the Psalmist is, that God, by repentance... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 51:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:2

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