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Psalm 51
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The psalmist prays for mercy, humbly confessing and lamenting his sins.
(1-6) He pleads for pardon, that he may promote the glory of God and the
conversion of sinners. (7-15) God is pleased with a contrite heart, A prayer for
the prosperity of Zion. (16-19)
Verses 1-6 David,
being convinced of his sin, poured out his soul to God in prayer for mercy and
grace. Whither should backsliding children return, but to the Lord their God,
who alone can heal them? he drew up, by Divine teaching, an account of the
workings of his heart toward God. Those that truly repent of their sins, will
not be ashamed to own their repentance. Also, he instructs others what to do,
and what to say. David had not only done much, but suffered much in the cause of
God; yet he flees to God's infinite mercy, and depends upon that alone for
pardon and peace. He begs the pardon of sin. The blood of Christ, sprinkled upon
the conscience, blots out the transgression, and, having reconciled us to God,
reconciles us to ourselves. The believer longs to have the whole debt of his
sins blotted out, and every stain cleansed; he would be thoroughly washed from
all his sins; but the hypocrite always has some secret reserve, and would have
some favorite lust spared. David had such a deep sense of his sin, that he was
continually thinking of it, with sorrow and shame. His sin was committed against
God, whose truth we deny by wilful sin; with him we deal deceitfully. And the
truly penitent will ever trace back the streams of actual sin to the fountain of
original depravity. He confesses his original corruption. This is that
foolishness which is bound in the heart of a child, that proneness to evil, and
that backwardness to good, which is the burden of the regenerate, and the ruin
of the unregenerate. He is encouraged, in his repentance, to hope that God would
graciously accept him. Thou desirest truth in the inward part; to this God
looks, in a returning sinner. Where there is truth, God will give wisdom. Those
who sincerely endeavour to do their duty shall be taught their duty; but they
will expect good only from Divine grace overcoming their corrupt nature.
Verses 7-15 Purge
me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a lively faith,
as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop. The blood of
Christ is called the blood of sprinkling,
hebrews 12:24. If this
blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, cleanse us from our sin, then we
shall be clean indeed,
hebrews 10:2. He asks
not to be comforted, till he is first cleansed; if sin, the bitter root of
sorrow, be taken away, he can pray in faith, Let me have a well-grounded peace,
of thy creating, so that the bones broken by convictions may rejoice, may be
comforted. Hide thy face from my sins; blot out all mine iniquities out of thy
book; blot them out, as a cloud is blotted out and dispelled by the beams of the
sun. And the believer desires renewal to holiness as much as the joy of
salvation. David now saw, more than ever, what an unclean heart he had, and
sadly laments it; but he sees it is not in his own power to amend it, and
therefore begs God would create in him a clean heart. When the sinner feels this
change is necessary, and reads the promise of God to that purpose, he begins to
ask it. He knew he had by his sin grieved the Holy Spirit, and provoked him to
withdraw. This he dreads more than anything. He prays that Divine comforts may
be restored to him. When we give ourselves cause to doubt our interest in
salvation, how can we expect the joy of it? This had made him weak; he prays, I
am ready to fall, either into sin or into despair, therefore uphold me with thy
Spirit. Thy Spirit is a free Spirit, a free Agent himself, working freely. And
the more cheerful we are in our duty, the more constant we shall be to it. What
is this but the liberty wherewith Christ makes his people free, which is
contrasted with the yoke of bondage?
galatians 5:1. It is
the Spirit of adoption spoken to the heart. Those to whom God is the God of
salvation, he will deliver from guilt; for the salvation he is the God of, is
salvation from sin. We may therefore plead with him, Lord, thou art the God of
my salvation, therefore deliver me from the dominion of sin. And when the lips
are opened, what should they speak but the praises of God for his forgiving
mercy?
Verses 16-19
Those who are thoroughly convinced of their misery and danger by sin, would
spare no cost to obtain the remission of it. But as they cannot make
satisfaction for sin, so God cannot take any satisfaction in them, otherwise
than as expressing love and duty to him. The good work wrought in every true
penitent, is a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, and sorrow for sin.
It is a heart that is tender, and pliable to God's word. Oh that there were such
a heart in every one of us! God is graciously pleased to accept this; it is
instead of all burnt-offering and sacrifice. The broken heart is acceptable to
God only through Jesus Christ; there is no true repentance without faith in him.
Men despise that which is broken, but God will not. He will not overlook it, he
will not refuse or reject it; though it makes God no satisfaction for the wrong
done to him by sin. Those who have been in spiritual troubles, know how to pity
and pray for others afflicted in like manner. David was afraid lest his sin
should bring judgements upon the city and kingdom. No personal fears or troubles
of conscience can make the soul, which has received grace, careless about the
interests of the church of God. And let this be the continued joy of all the
redeemed, that they have redemption through the blood of Christ, the forgiveness
of sins according to the riches of his grace.
Psalm 51:
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