Psalms 51:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. ”

Psalms 51:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts - The word rendered “desirest,” means to have pleasure in; to delight in; and the idea is that this only is agreeable to God, or this only accords...
Psalms 51:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, thou (f) desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom. (f) He confesses that God who loves pureness of heart, may justly destroy man, who by...
Psalms 51:6 - 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 51:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in the inward parts. More than the external acts. Hebrew. tuchoth. Only here and Job 38:36 . make me, &c. See note on Job 28:28 . We need this making, for this wisdom is from above. Co...
Psalms 51:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Behold, thou hast desired truth, etc. This verse confirms the remark which we already made, that David was far from seeking to invent an apology for his sin, when he traced it back to the...
Psalms 51:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 588 THE IMPORTANCE OF INWARD INTEGRITY Psalms 51:6 . Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. MANKIND at large are...
Psalms 51:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Behold, thou desirest truth - I am the very reverse of what I should be. Those desirest tr...
Psalms 51:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, thou desirest truth, &c.— The common interpretation here is, that David makes mention of God's loving sincerity, in the inward parts, i.e. the mind and spirit, by way of aggravating h...
Psalms 51:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Behold. The repetition of exclamation (cf. Psalms 51:5 ) implies the close connecti...
Psalms 51:6 - 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 51:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Truth. — Or, faithfulness. Inward parts. — The Hebrew word is found only once besides ( Job 38:36 ), where it is in parallelism with “heart.” The sincerity and true self-discernment which God...
Psalms 51:6 - 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 51:6 - 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 51:6 - 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 51:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He here goes back to the source of all sin, in original depravity! What hyssop shall purge this away, what washing of water will make this clean? Oh! how blessed is it do behold Christ, whose blood a...
Psalms 51:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts ,.... With delight and pleasure, as the word d signifies: meaning either Christ, the truth and the life, formed and dwelling in the hearts of his peop...
Psalms 51:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Ver. 6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts ] Quam tamen mihi defuisse res...
Psalms 51:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, thou desirest Hebrew, חפצת, chaphatzta, delightest in, willest , or requirest, truth in the inward parts Uprightness of heart, which seems to be here opposed to that iniquity mentioned i...
Psalms 51:6 - 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 51:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou desirest; or, delightest in ; or, requirest ; Heb. willest. Truth either, 1. Sincerity in confessing my sins; which therefore I have now acknowledged, though hitherto I have practised mu...
Psalms 51:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Freely And Openly Admits His Total Sinfulness And Guilt ( Psalms 51:3-6 ). David tells God that he now knows the truth about himself. He no longer dismisses what he has done as unimportant b...
Psalms 51:6 - 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 51:6 - 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 51:6 - 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 51:6 - 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 51:6 - 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 51:6 - 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 51:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Penitential Prayer. To the chief musician, for public performance, as an open confession of David's sin before the whole congregation, showing that his repentance was of the right kind, a...
Psalms 51:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:17 ; 1 Peter 3:4 ; 1 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Chronicles 31:20 ; 2 Chronicles 31:21 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Kings 20:3 ; Genesis 20:5 ; Genesis 20:6 ; James 4:8 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ;...
Psalms 51:6 - 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 51:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Truth — Uprightness of heart; and this may be added; as an aggravation of the sinfulness of original corruption, because it is contrary to the holy nature and will of God, which requires rectitude...

Psalms 51:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 51:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 51:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 51:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 51:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 51:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 51:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 51:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 51:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 51:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes