Psalms 51:2
Wash me clean of my guilt, make me pure of my sin.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
In Context
1In your kindness, O God, be gracious to me, in your own great pity blot out my transgressions.
3For well I know my transgressions, my sin is ever before me.
Cross References
Psalms 19:12Who can know their flaws? Absolve me from those I know not.
John 13:9“Then, Master, not my feet only,” exclaimed Simon Peter, “but also my hands and my head.”
1 Corinthians 6:11Such some of you used to be; but you washed yourselves clean. You became Christ’s people! You were pronounced righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and through 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 →