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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
* 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 c...
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...