Psalms 51:1-2

1 David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession.

6 He prays for sanctification.

16 God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity.

18 He prays for the church.

A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.) when.

2Sa 12:1-13

after.

2Sa 11:2-27

O God.

25:6,7; 109:21; 119:124; Ex 34:6,7; Nu 14:18,19; Da 9:9,18

Mic 7:18; 7:19; Ro 5:20,21; Eph 1:6-8; 2:4-7

multitude.

5:7; 69:13,16; 106:7,45; Isa 63:7,15; *marg:

La 3:32

tender.

40:11; 77:9; 145:9

blot.

9; Ne 4:5; Isa 43:25; 44:22; Jer 18:23; Ac 3:19; Col 2:14

Wash.

7; Eze 36:25; Zec 13:1; 1Co 6:11; Heb 9:13,14; 10:21,22; 1Jo 1:7-9

Re 1:5; 7:14

cleanse.

7; 19:12

Psalms 143:1

1 David prays for favour in judgment.

3 He complains of his griefs.

5 He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer.

7 He prays for grace;

9 for deliverance;

10 for sanctification;

12 for destruction of his enemies;

(Title.) A Psalm.The LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Arabic state that this Psalm was composed by David on the rebellion of his son Absalom; and there are several passages in it which agree remarkably well with that period; for then he had most reason to fear lest God should deal with him according to his sins; which he deprecates with such a deep sense of his unworthiness, that it has hence been numbered among the penitential Psalms, of which it is the last. In it he prays to God for pardon, ver. 1; acknowledges the impossibility of being saved but by grace, ver. 2; deplores the lamentable effects of sin, ver. 3, 4; comforts himself with a retrospect of God's mercies of old, ver. 5; and prays, in a variety of expressions, for remission of sin, sanctification, and redemption, ver. 6-12.

thy faithfulness.

31:1; 71:2; 2Sa 7:25; Da 9:16; 1Jo 1:9

Psalms 143:7-9

Hear me.

13:1-4; 40:13,17; 70:5; 71:12

my spirit.

40:12; 69:3; Isa 57:16; Lu 21:26

hide not.

22:24; 27:9; 69:17; Isa 8:17

lest I be like, etc. or, for I am become like, etc. untothem.

28:1; 88:4-6,10,11; Isa 38:18

to hear.

30:5; 42:8; 46:5; *marg:

59:16; Ge 32:24-29; Ho 6:3

cause me.

10; 5:8; 25:4,5; 27:11; 32:8; 119:34,73; Pr 3:5,6; Isa 30:21; 48:17

for I lift.

25:1; 86:4; La 3:41

flee unto thee. Heb. hide me with thee.

34:2-4; 56:9; 61:3,4; 142:5; Pr 18:10; Heb 6:18
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