2 Samuel 12:9

12:9 Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Psalms 51:14

51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me!

Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.


tc So the Qere; the Kethib has “his.”

tn Heb “to you for a wife.” This expression also occurs at the end of v. 10.

tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.

tn Heb “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12-15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv. 12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).