Psalms 51:2
when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
In Context
1For the end, a Psalm of + 51:1 Gr. governing.instruction by David,
3Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was + 11:4 Gr. sanctified.purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.
Isaiah 1:16Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;
Ezekiel 36:25and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be purged from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you.
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 →