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Psalms 51:3

Psalm 51

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

1Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.

2Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.

3For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.

4Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.

5Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

6Surely you desire truth in the inner partsThe meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.;
you teachOr you desired…; / you taught me wisdom in the inmost place.

7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

9Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.

10Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.

12Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

13Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.

14Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

15O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.

16You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

17The sacrifices of God areOr My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.

18In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build up the walls of Jerusalem.

19Then there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt offerings to delight you;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.

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KeithS - (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.

David understands the depth of his sin, the filthiness of his sin, the horror of his sin, and is haunted by it. He cannot let it out of his mind. Its guilt drags at him day and night, and he cannot escape it on his own.

bigred73 - (eBible Scholar) about 1 year ago.

This verse is an example to us what God did for us at the cross. We now know the difference and know how God wants us to live. Therefore we have no excuse to go on sining openly. So we go out and set an example before the lost. Somtimes just the way you are and live is enough for the lost to see and pray themselves to God to know him!