Psalms 51:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. ”

Psalms 51:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways - As an expression of gratitude, and as the result of his own painful experience. He would show them, from that experience, the evil and the bitterness of...
Psalms 51:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Then] will I teach transgressors thy (l) ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. (l) He promises to endeavour that others by his example may turn to God.
Psalms 51:13 - 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 51:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13 I will teach transgressors thy ways Here he speaks of the gratitude which he would feel should God answer his prayer, and engages to show it by exerting himself in effecting the conversio...
Psalms 51:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Then will I teach transgressors - I will show myself to be grateful; I will testify of thy loving-kindness; I wil...
Psalms 51:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And sinners shall be converted unto thee— i.e. "Be persuaded, by my declaring to them the mercy I have experienced in the forgiveness of my sins, to return to thee by repentance, that they also may...
Psalms 51:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. -He promises spiritual sacrifices of praise, and efforts for the conversion of other transgressors, as the f...
Psalms 51:13 - 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 51:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall be converted. — Better, shall turn to thee. (See Note Psalms 50:23 .)
Psalms 51:13 - 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 51:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 51:13 - 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 51:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is a blessed mark of real repentance, when, after our recovery, we do not scruple to tell others of our worthlessness, and the divine goodness in raising us up, thus preaching to others what the L...
Psalms 51:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways ,.... David was a prophet as well as a king; see Acts 2:30 ; and taught men the fear of the Lord, Psalms 34:11 , and instructed them in his ways, as he h...
Psalms 51:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 51:13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Ver. 13. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ] Instruunt nos Patres tum docentes, tum lab...
Psalms 51:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then will I teach transgressors thy way Thy will and their duty, and the way to eternal happiness; or, rather, the manner of thy dealing with sinners, whom thou dost so severely chastise for their...
Psalms 51:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Penitential Petitions. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make...
Psalms 51:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy ways; either, 1. Thy will and their duty, and the way to their eternal happiness; or rather, 2. The manner of thy dealing with sinners; whom thou dost so severely chastise for their sins, a...
Psalms 51:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 51:13 - 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 51:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Psalms 51:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It is a Psalm, and therefore it is to be sung. It is dedicated to the chief Musician, and there is music in it, but it needs a trained ear to catch the harmony. The sinner with a broken heart will un...
Psalms 51:13 - 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 51:13 - 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 51:13 - 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 51:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

New Obedience as a Fruit of Faith
Psalms 51:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:8-20 ; Acts 13:10 ; Acts 15:3 ; Acts 2:38-41 ; Acts 26:18-20 ; Acts 3:19 ; Acts 9:19-22 ; Isaiah 2:3 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; James 5:19 ; James 5:20 ; Jeremiah 31:18 ; John 21:15...
Psalms 51:13 - 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 51:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 51:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 51:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 51:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 51:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 51:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 51:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 51:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 51:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 51:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 51:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 51:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary