Psalms 51:9
Do not continue to look at the sins [IDM] that I have committed; erase the record of the evil things that I have done.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
In Context
10O God, cause my inner being to be pure. Put new thoughts within me and make me faithful again.
Cross References
Job 9:30If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap to get rid of my guilt,
Isaiah 1:18Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though the guilt of your sins be as evident and as difficult to get rid of as [SIM] red stains on a white garment [DOU], I will get rid of them completely like someone who can make that stained garment become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
Jeremiah 16:17I am watching them carefully. I see every sin that they commit. They will not be able to hide from me [MTY].
Micah 7:18Yahweh, there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy to show us that you faithfully love us.
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 →