Psalm 51:15

15 Zhǔ a , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒde zuǐchún zhāng kāi , wǒde kǒu biàn chuányáng zànmĕi nǐde huà .

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 51:15 In-Context

13 Wǒ jiù bǎ nǐde dào zhǐjiào yǒu guo fàn de rén . zuì rén bì guī shùn nǐ .

14 Shén a , nǐ shì zhĕngjiù wǒde shén . qiú nǐ jiù wǒ tuōlí liú rén xuè de zuì . wǒde shétou jiù gāo shēng gē chàng nǐde gōngyì .

15 Zhǔ a , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒde zuǐchún zhāng kāi , wǒde kǒu biàn chuányáng zànmĕi nǐde huà .

16 Nǐ bĕn bù xǐaì jìwù . ruò xǐaì , wǒ jiù xiànshang . Fánjì nǐ yĕ bù xǐyuè .

17 Shén suǒ yào de zhaì , jiù shì yōushāng de líng . shén a , yōushāng tòng huǐ de xīn , nǐ bì bù qīng kàn .