Psalms 51:1-2
Nathan <05416> [A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.) when.]
confronted ..... affair <0935> [after.]
God <0430> [O God.]
great <07230> [multitude.]
compassion <07356> [tender.]
wipe away <04229> [blot.]
Wash <03526> [Wash.]
Cleanse <02891> [cleanse.]
Psalms 143:1
psalm <04210> [(Title.) A Psalm.]
The LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Arabic state that this Psalm was composed by David on the rebellion of his son Absalom; and there are several passages in it which agree remarkably well with that period; for then he had most reason to fear lest God should deal with him according to his sins; which he deprecates with such a deep sense of his unworthiness, that it has hence been numbered among the penitential Psalms, of which it is the last. In it he prays to God for pardon, ver. 1; acknowledges the impossibility of being saved but by grace, ver. 2; deplores the lamentable effects of sin, ver. 3, 4; comforts himself with a retrospect of God's mercies of old, ver. 5; and prays, in a variety of expressions, for remission of sin, sanctification, and redemption, ver. 6-12.
faithfulness <0530> [thy faithfulness.]
Psalms 143:7-9
Answer ... quickly <06030 04118> [Hear me.]
strength <07307> [my spirit.]
reject <05641 06440> [hide not.]
join <04911> [lest I be like, etc. or, for I am become like, etc. unto them.]
hear <08085> [to hear.]
hear .............. Show <08085 03045> [cause me.]
long for you <05375> [for I lift.]
protection <03680> [flee unto thee. Heb. hide me with thee.]
