Salmos 51:3-13

3 Porque yo reconozco mis transgresiones, y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.

4 Contra ti, contra ti sólo he pecado, y he hecho lo malo delante de tus ojos, de manera que eres justo cuando hablas, y sin reproche cuando juzgas.

5 He aquí, yo nací en iniquidad, y en pecado me concibió mi madre.

6 He aquí, tú deseas la verdad en lo más íntimo, y en lo secreto me harás conocer sabiduría.

7 Purifícame con hisopo, y seré limpio; lávame, y seré más blanco que la nieve.

8 Hazme oír gozo y alegría; que se regocijen los huesos que has quebrantado.

9 Esconde tu rostro de mis pecados, y borra todas mis iniquidades.

10 Crea en mí, oh Dios, un corazón limpio, y renueva un espíritu recto dentro de mí.

11 No me eches de tu presencia, y no quites de mí tu santo Espíritu.

12 Restitúyeme el gozo de tu salvación, y sostenme con un espíritu de poder.

13 Entonces enseñaré a los transgresores tus caminos, y los pecadores se convertirán a ti.

Salmos 51:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. The occasion of this psalm was the sin of David with Bathsheba, signified by "going in to her"; an euphemism for "lying with her"; which sin was a very aggravated one, she being another man's wife, and the wife of a servant and soldier of his, who was at the same time exposing his life for his king and country's good; and David besides had many wives, and was also king of Israel, and should have set a better example to his subjects; and it was followed with other sins, as the murder of Uriah, and the death of several others; with scandal to religion, and with security and impenitence in him for a long time, until Nathan the prophet was sent to him of God, to awaken him to a sense of his sin; which he immediately acknowledged, and showed true repentance for it: upon which, either while Nathan was present, or after he was gone, he penned this psalm; that it might remain on record, as a testification of his repentance, and for the instruction of such as should fall into sin, how to behave, where to apply, and for their comfort. The history of all this may be seen in the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the second book of Samuel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., puro