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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51 - Introduction

* The psalmist prays for mercy, humbly confessing and lamenting his sins. (1-6) He pleads for pardon, that he may promote the glory of God and the conversion of sinners. (7-15) God is pleased with a contrite heart, A prayer for the prosperity of Zion. (16-19)

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See also Psalms 51 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm purports to be a psalm of David, and the contents of it accord with this supposition, and with the statement in the title in regard to the occasion on which it was composed. There would be...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII. Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Y...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This Psalm is the first of eighteen Psalms bearing the name of David, which appear to have been taken from some earlier collection by the compiler of the Elohistic Psalter. Eight of them have titles c...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LI. This psalm has been so identified with David, that to surrender the tradition which ascribes it to him seems a literary crime. Indeed, the character of the man has been react so constantly through...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 51 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN NATHAN THE PROPHET CAME UNTO HIM, AFTER HE HAD GONE IN TO BATHSHEBA. The occasion of this psalm was the sin of David with Bathsh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034._ Though David composed this Psalm upon a very particular occasion, yet it is of as general use as any of his Psalms. It is the most eminent of the penitential Psalms, and most...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.' Following the nine Psalms of the sons of Korah and a Psalm of Asaph we no...

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