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Psalms 51

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ✦ 2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. ✦ 3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. ✦ 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. ✦ 5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. ✦ 6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. ✦ 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. ✦ 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. ✦ 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. ✦ 10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. ✦ 11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. ✦ 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. ✦ 13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. ✦ 14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. ✦ 15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. ✦ 16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. ✦ 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. ✦ 18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. ✦ 19Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Dan 9 ·5Ps 25 ·5Ps 119 ·5Luke 15 ·5Ps 51 ·4Jer 31 ·3Rom 5 ·3Eph 1 ·3

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 51 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 51YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 51David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 51Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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