Psalms 51:7
Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
In Context
6And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say, 1
Cross References
Exodus 12:22And you⌃ shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it into some of the blood that is by the door, you⌃ shall touch the lintel, and shall put it upon both door-posts, even of the blood which is by the door; but you⌃ shall not go out every one from the door of his house till the morning.
Leviticus 14:49And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
Job 14:4For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
Isaiah 1:18And come, let us reason together, says 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.
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 →