“ Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. ”
Cast me not away from thy presence - That is, Do not reject me, or cast me off entirely; do not abandon me; do not leave me in my sin and sorrow. The language is derived from the idea that true h...
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...
take not. Not. proper prayer for those now "in Christ": for, see John 14:16 . Holy Spirit. See the only other O.T. occurrences of the expression ( Isaiah 63:10 ; Isaiah 63:11 ). Hebrew. ruach...
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Cast me not away from thy presence - Banish me not from thy house and ordinances. Take not thy Holy Spirit from me - I know...
Cast me not away from thy presence— From before thy face. Heb. The coming to God's presence, was the approaching the tabernacle of the ark, and its courts, where the sacrifices were offered, an...
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. -Prayer for the Spirit fittingly follows his prayers for purification, complete forgiveness, and the joy of assurance. Fo...
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....
Cast me not away. — This phrase is used of the formal rejection of Israel by the God of the covenant ( 2 Kings 13:23 ; 2 Kings 17:20 ; 2 Kings 24:20 ; Jeremiah 7:15 ). Its use here not only conf...
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...
the Sacrifices God Accepts Psalms 51:11-19 It is not enough to be forgiven; the true penitent longs to be kept from breaking out into the old sins. He desires a clean heart that abhors the le...
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...
Pardon alone, without the renewings of the Holy Ghost, will not complete the mercy. Hence, David prays not only to be cleansed, but to be renewed, to be strengthened by the Holy Ghost against any fut...
Cast me not away from thy presence ,.... As abominable; as a vessel in which he had no pleasure; with indignation and wrath; as one that is angry with another, cannot bear him in his sight, but bids...
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Ver. 11. Cast me not away from thy presence ] Deprive me not of communion with thee and comfort from thee; for that is a p...
Cast me not away from thy presence That is, from thy favour and care. Take not thy Holy Spirit from me Thy sanctifying Spirit, by which alone I can have acquaintance and fellowship with thee. Re...
Penitential Petitions. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make...
From thy presence, i.e. from thy favour, and care, and gracious communion with thee. Thy Holy Spirit; thy sanctifying Spirit, by which alone I can have acquaintance and fellowship with thee.
A Prayer For Transformation ( Psalms 51:10-13 ). Genuine repentance seeks not only forgiveness, but transformation of life. It is no good asking for forgiveness if we intend to do it again. So Dav...
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...
Take not No believer of this dispensation, aware of the promise of His abiding ( John 14:16 ) should pray, "Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me." ( Ephesians 4:30 ) but while Christian position i...
Psalms 51 David, in the opening of this Psalm, appeals for mercy. No penitent man ever approached God on the side of His justice. The Pharisee, indeed, appeals to righteousness; but the publican a...
A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, and rebuked him, in the name of God, for his great sin with Bathsheba. Psalms 51:1 . Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindes...
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...
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...
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...
New Obedience as a Fruit of Faith
1 Samuel 10:10 ; 1 Samuel 16:14 ; 2 Kings 13:23 ; 2 Kings 17:18-23 ; 2 Kings 23:27 ; 2 Samuel 7:15 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Ephesians 4:30 ; Genesis 4:14 ; Genesis 6:3 ; Isaiah 63:10 ; Isa...
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...