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Verse Psalms 51:16. _FOR THOU DESIREST NOT SACRIFICE_] This is the
same sentiment which he delivers in Psalms 40:6, c., where see the
notes. There may be here, however, a farther meaning: Crimes, lik...
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FOR THOU DESIREST NOT SACRIFICE ... - On the words rendered in this
verse “sacrifice” and “burnt-offering,” see the notes at
Isaiah 1:11. On the main sentiment here expressed - that God did not
“desir...
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Psalms 51
The Confession
_ 1. Conviction and prayer for forgiveness (Psalms 51:1)_
2. Prayer for cleansing and restoration (Psalms 51:9)
3. Blood guiltiness acknowledged ...
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LI. A PENITENTIAL PSALM.
Psalms 51:1. Prayer for pardon and inward renewal.
Psalms 51:13. A promise to proclaim God's mercy and bring sinners back
to Him.
Psalms 51:18 f. Prayer for the restoration
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DESIREST NOT. Because death was the penalty. Was the child's life the
substitute?...
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Resolutions of thanksgiving....
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_For thou desirest not sacrifice_ R.V., For thou delightest not in
sacrifice. The verb is the same as in Psalms 51:6_; Psalms 51:19_, and
Psalms 40:6. _For_gives the reason for the nature of the
thank...
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DISCOURSE: 593
A BROKEN HEART THE BEST SACRIFICE
Psalms 51:16._ Thon desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou
delightest not in burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit: a...
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FOR THOU DESIREST NOT SACRIFICE, &C.— Chandler renders this verse,
_For thou takest no pleasure in sacrifice, that I should give it; thou
approvest not whole burnt-offerings._ There were no sacrifices...
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PSALMS 51
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Prayer of a Penitent.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I, Psalms 51:1-4., Petitions for Pardon and Cleansing sustained
by Confessions, Condemning Self and Vindicating God. Stanza II....
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_THEN WILL I TEACH TRANSGRESSORS THY WAYS; AND SINNERS SHALL BE
CONVERTED UNTO THEE._
-He promises spiritual sacrifices of praise, and efforts for the
conversion of other transgressors, as the fruit o...
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DESIREST NOT] RV 'delightest not in.' DELIGHTEST NOT] RV 'hast no
pleasure.'...
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Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David: when Nathan
the prophet' came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.' It is
impossible not to feel the general appropriateness of this Ps....
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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SACRIFICE. — The rabbinical commentators on this verse represent
_the penitence_ of David as having taken the place of the
_sin-offering_ prescribed by the Law. In the mouth of an individual,
language...
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_[Psalms 51:18]_ כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא ־תַחְפֹּ֣ץ
זֶ֣בַח וְ...
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Psalms 51:1
THE main grounds on which the Davidic authorship of this psalm is
denied are four. First, it is alleged that its conceptions of sin and
penitence are in advance of his stage of religious d...
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THE SACRIFICES GOD ACCEPTS
Psalms 51:11
It is not enough to be forgiven; the true penitent longs to be kept
from breaking out into the old sins. He desires a _clean_ heart that
abhors the least taint...
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This is the first of a number of psalms (eighteen) to which titles are
prefaced which connect them with David, eight out of the number having
historic references. There is a remarkable fitness in ever...
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Oh! how much gospel is here: surely David had seen and felt the
efficacy of Christ's blood, or he never could have learned to think so
lightly of the sacrifices under the law....
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16._For thou wilt not accept a sacrifice _By this language he
expresses his confidence of obtaining pardon, although he brought
nothing to God in the shape of compensation, but relied entirely upon
th...
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Psalms 51 is the true remnant's confession. They have fully entered
into the mind of God (see Psalms 51:16). There is true and complete
humiliation for sin before God, yet confidence in Him. He is loo...
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FOR THOU DESIREST NOT SACRIFICE,.... Legal sacrifice; for there was no
sacrifice appointed under the law for murder and adultery;
ELSE WOULD I GIVE [IT]; he would gladly have offered it up;
THOU DEL...
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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou
delightest not in burnt offering.
Ver. 16. _For thou desirest not sacrifice_] This is the reason why
David restipulateth praise, if God w...
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_For thou desirest not sacrifice_ Which is not to be understood
absolutely and universally, as appears from Psalms 51:19, but
comparatively, (see on Psalms 40:6,) and with particular respect to
David'...
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For Thou desirest not sacrifice, namely, as a mere external,
mechanical act of worship, ELSE WOULD I GIVE IT; THOU DELIGHTEST NOT
IN BURNT OFFERING, such as is brought in a mere outward compliance
wit...
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NEW OBEDIENCE AS A FRUIT OF FAITH...
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ELSE WOULD I GIVE IT:
Or, that I should give it...
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16-19 Those who are thoroughly convinced of their misery and danger
by sin, would spare no cost to obtain the remission of it. But as they
cannot make satisfaction for sin, so God cannot take any sat...
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THOU DESIREST NOT SACRIFICE; which is not to be understood absolutely,
and universally, as appears from PSALMS 51:19, but comparatively, of
which SEE POOLE ON "PSALMS 40:6", and with particular respec...
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RECOGNISING THAT HIS ONLY HOPE LIES IN TOTAL AND CONTRITE SUBMISSION
DAVID MAKES A FINAL PLEA THAT GOD WILL DELIVER HIM FROM
BLOOD-GUILTINESS (PSALMS 51:14).
Blood-guiltiness is an idea prominent in t...
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Psalms 51:16
These words, though none were ever spoken in the world that could be
so little intended to perplex any worshipping Israelite, nevertheless
must have strangely clashed with some of his mos...
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Psalms 51
David, in the opening of this Psalm, appeals for mercy. No penitent
man ever approached God on the side of His justice. The Pharisee,
indeed, appeals to righteousness; but the publican appe...
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Psalms 51:1. _Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
lovingkindness according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot
out my transgressions._
There may be some people who think themselves...
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This Psalm is dedicated to the chief musician, so that it was intended
to be sung. Yet it is not by any means a joyous piece of music. It
seems more fit to be sung or sighed as a solo for the solitary...
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We will first read Psalms 51:1 : If we need any music to this Psalm,
we must have the liquid melody of tears, sighs, cries, entreaties. It
is above all the others, the penitential Psalm. It is the Psa...
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There are seven penitential Psalms, but this seems to be the chief one
of the seven. The language of David is as suitable to us today as it
was to him, and though much was lost to the cause of righteo...
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CONTENTS: The penitential prayer of David.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: All the believer's wrong doing comes to a climax at the
foot of the throne, being violation of God's law. While the pena...
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The title of this psalm, supported by the whole weight of rabbinical
authority, and by the LXX, refers it to the repentance and recovery of
David, “when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had...
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_For Thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it; Thou
delightest not in burnt-offering._
THE SERVICE WHICH DAVID WOULD NOT RENDER
1. He declines a superfluous and unnecessary service; he will...
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_Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness._
THE FIFTY-FIRST PSALM
A darker guilt you will scarcely find--kingly power abused--worst
passions yielded to. Yet this psalm breathes from...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 51:1. This is probably the best known of
the “Penitential Psalms” (Psalms 6:1;...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 51:14 Terms in this section such as SING ALOUD,
DECLARE, and SACRIFICE point to activities of public worship. The
person who has used this psalm to confess si
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 51:16 SACRIFICE, BURNT OFFERING. These verses
do not deny that the Israelites should offer sacrifices (see v. P
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INTRODUCTION
THE superscription informs us both as to the author of the psalm, and
the occasion of its composition. “To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of
David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, aft...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is the first of a series of fifteen psalms assigned by their
titles to David, and mostly attached to special circumstances in his
life, which are said to have furnished the occasions f...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 51:1-19.
David is surely one of the most outstanding characters of the Old
Testament. He was greatly hated and greatly loved. He had the capacity
to inspire t...
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Amos 5:21; Deuteronomy 22:22; Exodus 21:14; Hebrews 10:5; Hebrews 10:
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A PENITENT'S PRAYER
Psalms 51:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We will set forth, by way of introduction, the story of David's sin
and of how he was reproved by Nathan, the Prophet. We may also
emphasize how D...
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Not sacrifice — This is not to be understood absolutely, with
respect to David's crimes, which were not to be expiated by any
sacrifice....
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Did David disavow the sacrificial system of Moses?
(See comments on Hosea 6:6)...