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Psalms 51:15

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Psalms 51:15. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

You know the leper when he was unclean - what did he do? He covered his lips, as much as to confess that he was not fit to speak. So here the unclean David, with the covering over his lips, will not venture to speak until the Lord has taken away his sin, and opened his mouth for him. It was this that Isaiah meant when he said, "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips"; but when it was said concerning the live coal, "Lo, this hath touched thy lips," then he spake right eloquently. "Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise."

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