Psalms 51:2
when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bethsabee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
In Context
1Unto the end, a psalm of David,
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:
Psalms 19:12For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping them there is a great reward.
Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,
Ezekiel 36:25And I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.
John 13:9Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.
1 Corinthians 6:11And such some of you were; but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of our God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:2-7
Penitential Petitions. 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against 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. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my… Read the whole commentary →