Psalms 51:2
when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Ahimelech. 1
Updated 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 instruction by David,
3Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? 1 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 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 →