Psalms 51:7
Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.
Young's Literal Translation
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
8Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.
Cross References
Exodus 12:22and ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped [it] in the blood which [is] in the basin, and have struck [it] on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which [is] in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning.
Leviticus 14:49'And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;
Job 14:4Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Isaiah 1:18Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Ephesians 5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
Hebrews 9:19for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle,
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 →