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Psalms 51:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. "

Psalms 51:2

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1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

4 Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

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Related Verses

Isaiah 1:16

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"Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil."

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Jeremiah 33:8

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"I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against me. I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against me and by which they have transgressed against me."

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Job 13:23

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"How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin."

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Psalms 73:13

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"Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,"

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Sirach 38:10

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"Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness. Cleanse your heart from all sin."

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1 John 1:9

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"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

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Psalms 51:1

"Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions."

Psalms 51:3

"For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me."

Psalms 51:4

"Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge."

Psalms 51:5

"Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin."

Psalms 51:6

"Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place."

Psalms 51:7

"Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow."

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