Psalms 51:9
Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
In Context
8And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
Cross References
Job 9:30For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,
Isaiah 1:18And come, let us reason together, saith the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine eyes.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like thee, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:8-14
Penitential Petitions. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach… Read the whole commentary →