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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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:4

Psalms 51:4. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned Which is not to be understood absolutely, because he had sinned against Bath-sheba and Uriah, and many others; but comparatively. So the sense is, Though I have sinned against my own conscience, and against others, yet nothing is more grievous to me than that I have sinned against thee. And done this evil in thy sight With gross contempt of thee, whom I knew to be a spectator of my most secret actions. That thou mightest be justified ... 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 51:2

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:4

only = alone. This is primary, and contains the secondary. evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. That, &c. Quoted in Romans 3:4 . when Thou speakest: i.e. in Thy word. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "in Thy words" (plural) Compare Romans 3:4 . clear = pure; such moral purity as belongs not to man, only to God (Job 15:14 ; Job 25:4 .Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs 20:9 ). Hebrew. zakak. 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:3

Psalms 51:3. For I acknowledge my transgressions— אדע adang; I know, I am conscious of my transgression. When David saw himself in the parable, and had pronounced his own condemnation, he then saw his sins in their proper aggravations, and his iniquity was ever before him. His own conscience condemned him, and he was in perpetual fear of the effects of the divine displeasure. Dr. Chandler; who, differing in sentiment from Dr. Delaney, thinks that David was greatly insensible of his guilt, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:4

Psalms 51:4. Against thee, &c.— Injuries done to private persons are offences against government, and, as to the right of punishment, offences only against government. And therefore, though David had injured Bathsheba, whom he had corrupted, and Uriah, whom he had murdered; yet, as no one could call him to an account, or punish him for those crimes, but God only, whose immediate substitute he was, as king of Israel, God himself being properly the supreme governor, he could say, with great... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 51:2

2. Wash me—Purity as well as pardon is desired by true penitents. read more

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

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

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:4

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

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 51:2

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