Psalm 51:10-11

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:10

A CLEAN HEART‘Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.’Psalms 51:10Three things must happen before anything can be created. The Spirit of God must move upon the face of it, the word of God must speak to it, and the blood of Christ must wash it. I. If you wish to be God’s children indeed, the Holy Spirit must work in your heart.—As the Spirit moved over the face of the waters, so must the Holy Spirit move in your heart. The Holy Spirit is often compared to water,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:10-13

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 David wanted not only to be forgiven but also to be restored into the way of obedience in which he had once walked, for then only could his fellowship with God be restored. And he knew that this required the powerful activity of God within him. Psalms 51:10-13 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And make... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:1-19

LI. A Penitential Psalm. Psalms 51:1-2 Kings : . Prayer for pardon and inward renewal. Psalms 51:13-Esther : . A promise to proclaim God’ s mercy and bring sinners back to Him. Psalms 51:18 f. Prayer for the restoration of Jerusalem, which will make sacrifice possible and popular once more.The Ps. was not written by David, and still less by David after his double sin of murder and adultery. How could David have said, “ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned” ? Besides, the Ps. shows the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:10

Create in me a clean heart; seeing I have not only defiled myself by these actual sins, but also have a most filthy heart, corrupted even from my birth, Psalms 51:5, which nothing but God’s almighty and creating power can purify, do thou effectually work in me a holy frame of heart, whereby both my inward filth may be purged away, and I may be prevented from falling into such actual and scandalous sins. Renew that good temper which before this apostacy I had in some measure, be pleased... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:11

From thy presence, i.e. from thy favour, and care, and gracious communion with thee. Thy Holy Spirit; thy sanctifying Spirit, by which alone I can have acquaintance and fellowship with thee. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

INTRODUCTIONTHE 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, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.” The contents of the psalm accord with the superscription on both points. For the history of the painful circumstances, see 2 Samuel 11:0 and 2 Samuel 12:1-14.That the psalm is addressed “To the Chief Musician” shows that it was not merely a private confession of the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

Psalms 51:0 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 appeals for mercy. I. "Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin." Mark the thoroughness of this desire. Not only must sin be blotted out, but the sinner himself must be. washed and cleansed. There must be not merely a change of state, but a change of nature. David's words all... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:10

Psalms 51:10 Three things must happen before anything can be created. The Spirit of God must move upon the face of it, the word of God must speak to it, and the blood of Christ must wash it. I. If you wish to be God's children indeed, the Holy Spirit must work in your heart. As the Spirit moved over the face of the waters, so must the Holy Spirit move in your heart. The Holy Spirit is often compared to water, because water makes clean. II. The Bible is the word of God. When God made the world,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:10-12

Psalms 51:10-12 I. Here is a remarkable outline of a holy character. Of these three gifts "a right spirit," "Thy Holy Spirit," a "free spirit" the central one alone is in the original spoken of as God's, the "Thy" of the last clause of the English Bible being an unnecessary supplement. The central petition stands in the middle, because the gift which it asks is the essential and fundamental one from which there flow and, as it were, diverge on the right hand and on the left the other two. God's... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 51:10

DISCOURSE: 591TRUE RENOVATION OF HEARTPsalms 51:10. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.PARDON and peace are the first blessings which a penitent will seek. But no true penitent will be satisfied with them: he will desire with no less ardour the renovation of his soul in righteousness and true holiness — — — The psalm before us gives a just epitome of the penitent’s mind. David begins with fervent supplications for pardon: “Have mercy upon me, O God, according... read more

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