Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Psalms
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:1 JFB -> Commentary on 51:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 51:1 TOD -> Commentary on 51:1 TSK -> Commentary on 51:1 TSK -> Entry for 51:1 WEN -> Notes on 51:1 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; David; Desire; Homicide; Prayer; Psalms; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Affliction, Prayer Under; Confession of Sin; Loving-kindness of God, The; Mercy of God, The; Pardon; Prayer EBD -> Bath-sheba; Blot; Repentance; Sanctification SPG -> Devotional using 51:1 51:1 - [In Context] For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:2 JFB -> Commentary on 51:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:2 TOD -> Commentary on 51:2 TSK -> Commentary on 51:2 TSK -> Entry for 51:2 WEN -> Notes on 51:2 NTB -> Ablution; Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Prayer; Regeneration; Remorse; Repentance; Sin TTT -> Sin 51:2 - [In Context] Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:3 JFB -> Commentary on 51:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:3 TOD -> Commentary on 51:3 TSK -> Commentary on 51:3 TSK -> Entry for 51:3 WEN -> Notes on 51:3 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance; Sin TTT -> Afflictions Made Beneficial; Confession of Sin 51:3 - [In Context] For I recognize my shameful deeds – they haunt me day and night.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:4 JFB -> Commentary on 51:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:4 TOD -> Commentary on 51:4 TSK -> Commentary on 51:4 TSK -> Entry for 51:4 WEN -> Notes on 51:4 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; God (continued); Homicide; Prayer; Quotations And Allusions; Remorse; Repentance; Sin TTT -> Justice of God, The EBD -> Repentance 51:4 - [In Context] Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:5 JFB -> Commentary on 51:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:5 TOD -> Commentary on 51:5 TSK -> Commentary on 51:5 TSK -> Entry for 51:5 WEN -> Notes on 51:5 NTB -> Depravity Of Man; Desire; Heredity; Homicide; Prayer; Sin TTT -> Afflictions Made Beneficial; Fall of Man, The; Man; Sin EBD -> Repentance 51:5 - [In Context] For I was born a sinner – yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:6 JFB -> Commentary on 51:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:6 TOD -> Commentary on 51:6 TSK -> Commentary on 51:6 TSK -> Entry for 51:6 WEN -> Notes on 51:6 NTB -> Desire; Homicide; Prayer; Spirituality; Truth; Wisdom TTT -> Law of God, The; Truth 51:6 - [In Context] But you desire honesty from the heart, so you can teach me to be wise in my inmost being.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:7 JFB -> Commentary on 51:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:7 SRN -> Study Notes on 51:7 TOD -> Commentary on 51:7 TSK -> Commentary on 51:7 TSK -> Entry for 51:7 WEN -> Notes on 51:7 NTB -> Ablution; Cleanliness; Colors; Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Hyssop; Prayer; Purification; Purity; Regeneration; Remorse; Repentance; Sin; Snow; Washing EBD -> Purification; Repentance; Snow; White SBD -> Hyssop 51:7 - [In Context] Purify me from my sins, F40 and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:8 JFB -> Commentary on 51:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:8 TOD -> Commentary on 51:8 TSK -> Commentary on 51:8 TSK -> Entry for 51:8 WEN -> Notes on 51:8 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Joy; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Affliction, Prayer Under; Joy 51:8 - [In Context] Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me – now let me rejoice.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:9 JFB -> Commentary on 51:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:9 TOD -> Commentary on 51:9 TSK -> Commentary on 51:9 TSK -> Entry for 51:9 WEN -> Notes on 51:9 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance; Sin EBD -> Blot; Repentance 51:9 - [In Context] Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:10 JFB -> Commentary on 51:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:10 TOD -> Commentary on 51:10 TSK -> Commentary on 51:10 TSK -> Entry for 51:10 WEN -> Notes on 51:10 NTB -> Cleanliness; Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Heart; Homicide; Prayer; Regeneration; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Creation; Heart, The; Righteousness EBD -> Heart; Repentance SPG -> Devotional using 51:10 51:10 - [In Context] Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:11 JFB -> Commentary on 51:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:11 SRN -> Study Notes on 51:11 TOD -> Commentary on 51:11 TSK -> Commentary on 51:11 TSK -> Entry for 51:11 WEN -> Notes on 51:11 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Holy Spirit; Homicide; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Affliction, Prayer Under; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit EBD -> Heart; Repentance 51:11 - [In Context] Do not banish me from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:12 JFB -> Commentary on 51:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:12 TOD -> Commentary on 51:12 TSK -> Commentary on 51:12 TSK -> Entry for 51:12 WEN -> Notes on 51:12 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Holy Spirit; Homicide; Joy; Power; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Affliction, Prayer Under; Joy; Power of the Holy Spirit, The; Salvation; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit EBD -> Heart TV -> Devotional using 51:12 TV -> Devotional using 51:12 TV -> Devotional using 51:12 51:12 - [In Context] Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:13 JFB -> Commentary on 51:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:13 TOD -> Commentary on 51:13 TSK -> Commentary on 51:13 TSK -> Entry for 51:13 WEN -> Notes on 51:13 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Conversion; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Titles and Names of the Wicked EBD -> Heart 51:13 - [In Context] Then I will teach your ways to sinners, and they will return to you.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:14 JFB -> Commentary on 51:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:14 TOD -> Commentary on 51:14 TSK -> Commentary on 51:14 TSK -> Entry for 51:14 WEN -> Notes on 51:14 NTB -> Conscience; Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Murder; Righteousness of God, The EBD -> Heart SPG -> Devotional using 51:14 51:14 - [In Context] Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:15 JFB -> Commentary on 51:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:15 TOD -> Commentary on 51:15 TSK -> Commentary on 51:15 TSK -> Entry for 51:15 WEN -> Notes on 51:15 NTB -> Conviction; Desire; Homicide; Praise; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Praise 51:15 - [In Context] Unseal my lips, O Lord, that I may praise you.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:16 JFB -> Commentary on 51:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:16 TOD -> Commentary on 51:16 TSK -> Commentary on 51:16 TSK -> Entry for 51:16 WEN -> Notes on 51:16 NTB -> Conviction; Desire; Formalism; Homicide; Offerings; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Offerings 51:16 - [In Context] You would not be pleased with sacrifices, or I would bring them. If I brought you a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:17 JFB -> Commentary on 51:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:17 TOD -> Commentary on 51:17 TSK -> Commentary on 51:17 TSK -> Entry for 51:17 WEN -> Notes on 51:17 NTB -> Consecration; Conviction; Desire; Formalism; Heart; Homicide; Offerings; Penitent; Prayer; Remorse; Repentance TTT -> Affliction, Consolation under; Character of Saints; Heart, The; Heart, Character of the Renewed; Sacrifices 51:17 - [In Context] The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:18 JFB -> Commentary on 51:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:18 TOD -> Commentary on 51:18 TSK -> Commentary on 51:18 TSK -> Entry for 51:18 WEN -> Notes on 51:18 NTB -> Church; Intercession; Patriotism TTT -> Jerusalem EBD -> Zion 51:18 - [In Context] Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 51:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 51:19 JFB -> Commentary on 51:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 51:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 51:19 TOD -> Commentary on 51:19 TSK -> Commentary on 51:19 TSK -> Entry for 51:19 NTB -> Worship TTT -> Burnt Offering, The; Righteousness; Sacrifices 51:19 - [In Context] Then you will be pleased with worthy sacrifices and with our whole burnt offerings; and bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.
FOOTNOTES: F40: Hebrew Purify me with the hyssop branch.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TOD - Treasury of David; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.