Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 51:2 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.”
Psalms 51:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done {this} evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, {and} be clear when thou judgest.
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