Psalms 51:6
It’s the innermost truth you desire, give me therefore true wisdom of heart.
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In Context
5See! In guilt was I brought to the birth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
7Purge me clean with hyssop, wash me whiter than snow.
Cross References
Genesis 20:5Did Abraham not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister?’ And even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I acted innocently and in good faith.”
Psalms 5:9For their mouth is a stranger to truth, their heart is a pit of destruction. Their throat is a wide open grave, their tongue the smooth tongue of the hypocrite.
Psalms 26:2Examine me, Lord, and test me; test my heart and my mind.
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 →