Psalms 51:5
What meaning of the psalms 51:5 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 51:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceivea me."
What does Psalms 51:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceivea me."
Verse Psalms 51:5. _BEHOLD, I WAS SHAPEN IN INIQUITY_] A genuine penitent will hide nothing of his state; he sees and bewails, not only the _acts_ of sin which he has committed, but the _disposition_...
BEHOLD, I WAS SHAPEN IN INIQUITY - The object of this important verse is to express the deep sense which David had of his depravity. That sense was derived from the fact that this was not a sudden tho...
Psalms 51 The Confession _ 1. Conviction and prayer for forgiveness (Psalms 51:1)_ 2. Prayer for cleansing and restoration (Psalms 51:9) 3. Blood guiltiness acknowledged (Psalms 51:14) 4. Prayer...
LI. A PENITENTIAL PSALM. Psalms 51:1. Prayer for pardon and inward renewal. Psalms 51:13. A promise to proclaim God's mercy and bring sinners back to Him. Psalms 51:18 f. Prayer for the restoration...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
_Behold, I was shapen_ Better, Behold, I was born. Acts of sin have their root in the inherited sinfulness of mankind. It does not appear, as some have thought, that the Psalmist pleads the sinifulnes...
DISCOURSE: 587 ORIGINAL SIN Psalms 51:5._ Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me._ ONE of the most essential marks of real penitence is, a disposition to see our sins...
BEHOLD, I WAS SHAPEN IN INIQUITY, &C.— _Behold, I was born,_ &c. I do not find that the original word חוללתי _cholalti,_ which we render _shapen,_ does ever so signify. It unquestionably denotes _to b...
PSALMS 51 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Prayer of a Penitent. ANALYSIS Stanza I, Psalms 51:1-4., Petitions for Pardon and Cleansing sustained by Confessions, Condemning Self and Vindicating God. Stanza II....
_BEHOLD, I WAS SHAPEN IN INIQUITY; AND IN SIN DID MY MOTHER CONCEIVE ME._ Behold, I was shapen - Hebrew _ CHOWLAALªTIY_ (H2342); literally, brought forth amidst labour pains. IN INIQUITY. In Adam th...
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 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
BEHOLD, I WAS SHAPEN... — Better, _Behold, I was born in iniquity._ The later rabbis, combining this verse with the mystery hanging over the origin and name of David’s mother, represent him as born i...
_[Psalms 51:7]_ הֵן ־בְּ עָוֹ֥ון חֹולָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝ בְ חֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃...
Psalms 51:1 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 religious d...
THE PRAYER OF THE CONTRITE HEART Psalms 51:1 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 forgiven pen...
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 ever...
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 al...
5_Behold, I was born in iniquity, _etc He now proceeds further than the mere acknowledgement of one or of many sins, confessing that he brought nothing but sin with him into the world, and that his na...
Psalms 51 is the true remnant's confession. They have fully entered into the mind of God (see Psalms 51:16). There is true and complete humiliation for sin before God, yet confidence in Him. He is loo...
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 we...
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Ver. 5. _Behold, I was shapen in iniquity_] This he allegeth, viz. his original depravity, not as an excuse, but as an aggravat...
_Behold, I was shapen in iniquity_ Hebrew, חוללתי, _cholaleti, I was born_, or _brought forth:_ for it does not appear that the word ever signifies, _I was shapen;_ and then the ensuing words will con...
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 psal...
CONCEIVE ME: _ Heb._ warm me...
1-6 David, being convinced of his sin, poured out his soul to God in prayer for mercy and grace. Whither should backsliding children return, but to the Lord their God, who alone can heal them? he dre...
This verse is both by Jewish and Christian, by ancient and later, interpreters, generally and most truly understood of original sin; which he here mentions as an aggravation of his crime: and the sens...
Psalms 51:5 forth H2342 (H8797) iniquity H5771 sin H2399 mother H517 conceived H3179 (H8765) shapen - Psalms 58:3; Genesis 5:3, Genesis 8:21; Job 14:4, Job 15:14-16;...
DAVID FREELY AND OPENLY ADMITS HIS TOTAL SINFULNESS AND GUILT (PSALMS 51:3). David tells God that he now knows the truth about himself. He no longer dismisses what he has done as unimportant because...
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 appe...
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 re...
CONTENTS: The penitential prayer of David. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: All the believer's wrong doing comes to a climax at the foot of the throne, being violation of God's law. While the pen...
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...
_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 fro...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 51:1. This is probably the best known of the “Penitential Psalms” (Psalms 6:1; Psalms 25:1; Psalms 32:1; Psalms 38:1; Psalms 51:1; Psalms 130:1;...
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, af...
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 occasions f...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 51:1-19. David is surely one of the most outstanding characters of the Old Testament. He was greatly hated and greatly loved. He had the capacity to inspire t...
Ephesians 2:3; Genesis 5:3; Genesis 8:21; Job 14:4; Job 15:14; John 3:6; Psalms 58:3; Romans 5:12...
A PENITENT'S PRAYER Psalms 51:1 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 emphasize how D...
Behold — Nor is this the only sin which I have reason to bewail before thee; for this filthy stream leads me to a corrupt fountain: and upon a review of my heart, I find, that this heinous crime, was...
Was man brought forth in iniquity or made upright? PROBLEM: David said he was “brought forth in iniquity,” but Solomon taught that “God made man upright” (Ecclesiastes 7:29). Which is true? SOLUTION...