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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 51 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. The occasion of this psalm was the sin of David with Bathsheba, signified by "going in to her"; an euphemism for "lying with her"; which sin was a very aggravated one, she being another man's wife, and the wife of a servant and soldier of his, who was at the...
John Gill
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity,.... This cannot be understood of any personal iniquity of his immediate parents; since this respects his wonderful formation in the womb, in which both he and they were wholly passive, as the word here used is of that form; and is the amazing work of God himself, so much admired by the psalmist, Psalms 139:13; and cannot design any sinfulness then infused into...
Matthew Henry
Though David penned this psalm upon a very particular occasion, yet, it is of as general use as any of David's psalms; it is the most eminent of the penitential psalms, and most expressive of the cares and desires of a repenting sinner. It is a pity indeed that in our devout addresses to God we should have any thing else to do than to praise God, for that is the work of heaven; but we make other...
Charles H. Spurgeon
That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was sharpen in iniquity and in sin did my not mother conceive me. “’Behold,’ for this is a wonder, and I look at it, and I mourn over it; behold, before I had a shape, I was out of shape. Before I saw anything, still there was sin antecedent to my very existence.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. “I am bad from the fountain-head of my being, and wrong all through. It is not only what I do that is wrong, but I myself am wrong; I am a double-dyed traitor, and of a traitress born.” I doubt not that David’s mother was as good as any mother probably she was a true child of God; but, for all that, David and all of us have...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. “If I had not been bad, I should not have acted so badly. The streams betray the fountain. If I had not been wicked at the core, I should not have acted so wickedly; but the evil tree has brought forth evil fruit.” It is well when actual sin leads us to feel the depth of our original and natural sin.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. David has got further than seeing sin upon him, he sees that he is himself sinfulness, that his nature, his very being, is steeped and dyed in sin. The evil is, not merely that thou hast sinned, but that thou art a sinner. Sin would never come out of thee if it were not in thee. And, oh, what mine of sin, what a bottomless...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, David is full of astonishment and amazement; his one great sin has opened his eyes to see the sinfulness of his whole nature. Psa_51:5. I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. “I was ‘shapen in iniquity’ when I was shapen, and ‘conceived in sin’ when I was conceived.” He sees that the sin is in himself, and that it does not happen to him as an accident, but flows...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:- Then it is not sufficient for me to be washed outside, and being outwardly moral is not enough. “ Thou desirest truth in the inward parts: “-
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me. and · shall be whiter than snow. “Behold,” says he, as if to go to the bottom of it, and to show that sin was not an accident with him, but that he himself was sinful....
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity: and in sin did my mother conceive me. It is not merely that I sinned, but I am sin. I am a lump of sin—a heap of iniquity—by nature so. It is not merely in me, but it is me—my very self. It is in my blood, my bones, my marrow. O God, canst thou cleanse me from this?
Charles H. Spurgeon
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is, ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. David does not say that by way of making an excuse for himself; but rather to aggravate his own guilt. He admits that his guiltiness is really a part of himself. He does not say, “Lord, I was acting contrary to my nature when I committed this sin. Thou knowest that it was not like me to do that.” Oh, no! but he says, “Lord,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. David does not hope to wash himself, he does not trust in outward ceremonies: but he appeals to God, the God against whom he has...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin, did my mother conceive me. The black stream leads him to look at the black fountain. How can we expect from parents who have sinned that there should be born unto them pure and spotless children. No! the tendencies in us all towards evil are there at the very first. He does not at all venture to excuse himself, but rather to aggravate his sin, that he...