Psalms 51:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ”

Psalms 51:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Have mercy opon me, O God - This is the utterance of a full heart; a heart crushed and broken by the consciousness of sin. The psalmist had been made to see his great guilt; and his first act is...
Psalms 51:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet (a) came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba." Have mercy upon me, O God, (b) according to thy lovingkindness: according unto...
Psalms 51:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LI. A Penitential Psalm. Psalms 51:1-12 . Prayer for pardon and inward renewal. Psalms 51:13-17 . A promise to proclaim God's mercy and bring sinners back to Him. Psalms 51:18 f. Prayer...
Psalms 51:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. See App-65. when Nathan, &c. See 2 Samuel 11:2 ; 2 Samuel 12:1 . David's utterance when he lay all night upon the earth as. penitent ( 2 Samuel 12:16 )....
Psalms 51:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Have mercy upon me. David begins, as I have already remarked, by praying for pardon; and his sin having been of an aggravated description, he prays with unwonted earnestness. He does not...
Psalms 51:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 585 TRUE PENITENCE DESCRIBED Psalms 51:1-3 . Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgression...
Psalms 51:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multi...
Psalms 51:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David prayeth for remission of sins, whereof he maketh a deep confession: he prayeth for sanctification. God delighteth not in sacrifice, but in sincerity: David prayeth for the church. To the ch...
Psalms 51:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Psalms 32:1-11 was written AFTER this Psalms 51:1-...
Psalms 51:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David: when Nathan the prophet' came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.' It is impossible not to feel the general appropriateness of this Ps....
Psalms 51:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Blot out. — The figure is most probably, as in Exodus 32:32-33 , taken from the custom of erasing a written record (comp. Numbers 5:23 ; Psalms 69:28 ). So LXX. and Vulg. Isaiah, however ( Isaia...
Psalms 51:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 51:1-19 THE main grounds on which the Davidic authorship of this psalm is denied are four. First, it is alleged that its conceptions of sin and penitence are in advance of his stage of reli...
Psalms 51:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Prayer of the Contrite Heart Psalms 51:1-10 This psalm is a ladder which climbs from the horrible pit, with its miry clay, into the heights of sunny joy, where the song breaks from the forg...
Psalms 51:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the first of a number of psalms (eighteen) to which titles are prefaced which connect them with David, eight out of the number having historic references. There is a remarkable fitness in eve...
Psalms 51:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Here is a penitential Psalm, penned by David, as the title expresses it, upon a remarkable occasion; in which we trace the sorrowful workings of his soul in a devout humiliation before God....
Psalms 51:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Have mercy upon me, O God ,.... David, under a sense of sin, does not run away from God, but applies unto him, and casts himself at his feet, and upon his mercy; which shows the view he had of his m...
Psalms 51:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 51:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. » Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: accordi...
Psalms 51:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Have mercy upon me, O God O thou, who art the supreme Lawgiver, Governor, and Judge of the world, whom I have most highly offended many ways, and, therefore, may most justly be condemned to suffer...
Psalms 51:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Penitential Petitions. To the chief musician. A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in...
Psalms 51:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 51 To the chief musician ; to be sung by him and other sacred musicians publicly in the temple through all ages; that his repentance might be as manifest and public as his crime and scandal...
Psalms 51:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

An Appeal For Forgiveness And Cleansing ( Psalms 51:1-2 ). The Psalm commences with an appeal to God for forgiveness and cleansing. In these verses David throws himself on the mercy of God, in rec...
Psalms 51:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION THE superscription informs us both as to the author of the psalm, and the occasion of its composition. “To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, a...
Psalms 51:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Have This Psalm must ever be, in its successive steps, the mould of the experience of a sinning saint who comes back to full communion and service. The steps are: (1) sin thoroughly judged...
Psalms 51:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:1-2 I. Looking at this triad of petitions, they teach us, first, how David thought of his sin. (1) Observe the reiteration of the same earnest cry in all these clauses. It is not a mere...
Psalms 51:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is a portion of Scripture, which can never be read too often. If any among us have never found mercy, let them use this Psalm as their own personal prayer; while those who have found mercy can r...
Psalms 51:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The title of this psalm, supported by the whole weight of rabbinical authority, and by the LXX, refers it to the repentance and recovery of David, “when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had...
Psalms 51:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness. The fifty-first psalm A darker guilt you will scarcely find--kingly power abused--worst passions yielded to. Yet this psalm breathes...
Psalms 51:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the first of a series of fifteen psalms assigned by their titles to David, and mostly attached to special circumstances in his life, which are said to have furnished the occ...
Psalms 51:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Have mercy upon me, O God, a confession of utter unworthiness and a cry of faith clinging to God as the only Hope of salvation, according to Thy Loving-kindness, for He forgives sins only for His o...
Psalms 51:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:2-27 ; 2 Samuel 12:1-13 ; Acts 3:19 ; Colossians 2:14 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:9 ; Ephesians 1:6-8 ; Ephesians 2:4-7 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Isaiah 43:25 ; Isaiah 44:22...
Psalms 51:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Penitent's Prayer Psalms 51:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will set forth, by way of introduction, the story of David's sin and of how he was reproved by Nathan, the Prophet. We may also emphasi...

Psalms 51:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 51:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 51:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 51:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 51:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 51:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 51:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 51:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 51:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 51:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 51:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 51:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 51:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 51:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 51:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary