Bloodguiltiness... — Literally, as in the margin, bloods. So in LXX. and in Vulg., but thus hardly making it clear whether the word implies the guilt of blood already shed or anticipated violence. The latter would rather have taken the form of Psalms 59:2, “from men of blood.” Probably we should read “from death,” as in Psalms 56:13.
Verse Psalms 51:14. _DELIVER ME FROM BLOOD-GUILTINESS_] This is one of the expressions that gives most colour to the propriety of the title affixed to this Psalm. Here he may have in view the _death...
DELIVER ME FROM BLOOD-GUILTINESS, O GOD - Margin, as in Hebrew, “bloods.” So it is rendered by the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate. Luther renders it “blood-guilt.” DeWette, “from blood.” Compare Isa...
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 ...
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
DELIVER. Rescue. BLOODGUILTINESS. bloods, plural of majesty; put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for the great murder of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:14). Compare Genesis 4:10....
Resolutions of thanksgiving....
_Deliver me from bloodguiltiness_ From the power and the punishment of my sin. Cp. Psalms 39:8; Psalms 40:12. No doubt -bloodguiltiness" may include all -mortal sin," for which death was the punishmen...
DISCOURSE: 592 THE PENITENT ENCOURAGED Psalms 51:14. _Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation! and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness._ THIS psalm is full of en...
DELIVER ME FROM BLOOD-GUILTINESS— This is the proper sense of the expression. The Hebrew דמים _damim,_ is _bloods,_ in the plural; which generally signifies _murder._ See 2 Samuel 16:7.; Psalms 59:2.;...
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....
_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...
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....
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...
_[Psalms 51:16]_ הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִ דָּמִ֨ים ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י
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...
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...
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...
Deliver me from (m) bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. (m) From the murder of Uriah and the others who were slain with him, (2 Sa...
Behold, now David's heart is awakened, how the foul sin of murder haunted his guilty conscience!...
14_Deliver me from bloods _His recurring so often to petitions for pardon, proves how far David was from flattering himself with unfounded hopes, and what a severe struggle he sustained with inward te...
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...
DELIVER ME FROM BLOOD GUILTINESS,.... Or "from bloods" q; meaning not the corruption of nature; see Ezekiel 16:6; though to be rid of that, and to be free from the guilt and condemnation of it, is ver...
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. Ver. 14. _Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God_] Heb. from bloods; in every...
_Deliver me from blood-guiltiness_ Hebrew, מדמים, _middamim_, from _bloods_, because he had been the cause of the death, not only of Uriah, but of others of the Lord's people with him, 2 Samuel 11:17....
NEW OBEDIENCE AS A FRUIT OF FAITH...
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, not only that which was resting upon him on account of his murder of Uriah, but that of all severe transgressions, which are like enemies that try to oppress and ensl...
BLOODGUILTINESS: _ Heb._ bloods...
7-15 Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a lively faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop. The blood of Christ is called the blood of...
FROM BLOOD-GUILTINESS, Heb. _from bloods_, because he had been the cause of the death, not only of Uriah, but of others of the Lord's people with him, 2 SAMUEL 11:17. THY RIGHTEOUSNESS; either, 1. Th...
Psalms 51:14 Deliver H5337 (H8685) bloodshed H1818 God H430 God H430 salvation H8668 tongue H3956 aloud H7442 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
There are many sweet notes in Christian music, but to my own heart there is none so softly, tenderly, sweet as the note of repentance. Full assurance rings out her clarion trumpet strain, and we ought...
Let us read two Psalms of penitence. Repentance, and faith go hand in hand all the way to heaven. Repenting and believing make up a large measure of the Christian life. First, let us read the 51 st Ps...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness._ SOUL MURDER--WHO IS GUILTY Some may question whether such a text as this sho...
_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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 51:1. This is probably the best known of the “Penitential Psalms” (Psalms 6:1;...
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
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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 11:15; 2 Samuel 12:9; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 3:28; Acts 18
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...
Thy righteousness — Thy clemency and goodness....