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Selected Verse: Psalms 51:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 51:2 |
King James |
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Wash me--Purity as well as pardon is desired by true penitents. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity - literally, "Multiply to wash me." The word rendered "throughly" is a verb, either in the infinitive or imperative mood, and suggests the idea of "multiplying" or "increasing." The reference is to that which might need constant or repeated washings in order to remove a stain adverbially to denote intensity, or thoroughness. On the word wash as applicable to sin, see the notes at Isa 1:16.
And cleanse me from my sin - Remove it entirely. Make me wholly pure. See the notes at Isa 1:16. In what manner he hoped that this would be done is shown in the following portions of the psalm. It was -
(a) by forgiveness of the past, Psa 51:9; and
(b) by making the heart pure and holy through the renewing and sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit, Psa 51:10-11. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Wash me throughly - הרבה כבסני harbeh cabbeseni, "Wash me again and again, - cause my washings to be multiplied." My stain is deep; ordinary purgation will not be sufficient. |
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;