Psalms 51:7
Wilt thou cleanse me from sin with hyssop, That I may be pure? Wilt thou wash me, That I may be whiter, than snow?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
8Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.
Cross References
Exodus 12:22Then shall ye take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and strike the upper beam and the two door-posts, with the blood which is in the basin,—and, ye, shall not go forth any man out of the entrance of his house, until morning,
Leviticus 14:49Then shall he take to cleanse, the house, two birds,—and cedar wood, and crimson, and hyssop;
Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
Isaiah 1:18Come, I pray you, and let us settle the dispute Saith Yahweh,—Though your sins be found like scarlet, As snow, shall they be made white, Though they appear red like crimson, As wool, shall they become.
Ephesians 5:26That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration,
Hebrews 9:19For, when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses unto all the people, taking the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, both, the scroll itself, and all the people, he sprinkled;
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 →