Salmos 51:15

15 Abre, Senhor, os meus lábios, e a minha boca proclamará o teu louvor.

Salmos 51:15 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 51:15

O Lord, open thou my lips
The Targum adds, "in the late"; which were shut with a sense of sin, with shame of it, and sorrow for it; and though they were in some measure opened in prayer to God for the forgiveness of it, as appears by various petitions in this psalm, yet he still wanted a free spirit and boldness at the throne of grace, which the believer has when his heart is sprinkled from an evil conscience by the blood of Christ; and especially his lips were shut as to praise and thanksgiving; the guilt of sin had sealed up his lips, that he could not sing the praises of God as he had formerly done; and only a discovery of pardoning grace could open them, and for this he prays:

and my mouth shall show forth thy praise:
the praise of his mercy, grace, goodness, truth, and faithfulness, in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; see ( Psalms 103:1-3 ) .

Salmos 51:15 In-Context

13 Então ensinarei aos transgressores os teus caminhos, e pecadores se converterão a ti.

14 Livra-me dos crimes de sangue, ó Deus, Deus da minha salvação, e a minha língua cantará alegremente a tua justiça.

15 Abre, Senhor, os meus lábios, e a minha boca proclamará o teu louvor.

16 Pois tu não te comprazes em sacrifícios; se eu te oferecesse holocaustos, tu não te deleitarias.

17 O sacrifício aceitável a Deus é o espírito quebrantado; ao coração quebrantado e contrito não desprezarás, ó Deus.