Salmos 51:5-15

5 Pues soy pecador de nacimiento,
así es, desde el momento en que me concibió mi madre.

6 Pero tú deseas honradez desde el vientre
y aun allí me enseñas sabiduría.

7 Purifícame de mis pecados,
y quedaré limpio;
lávame, y quedaré más blanco que la nieve.

8 Devuélveme la alegría;
deja que me goce
ahora que me has quebrantado.

9 No sigas mirando mis pecados;
quita la mancha de mi culpa.

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

11 No me expulses de tu presencia
y no me quites tu Espíritu Santo.

12 Restaura en mí la alegría de tu salvación
y haz que esté dispuesto a obedecerte.

13 Entonces enseñaré a los rebeldes tus caminos,
y ellos se volverán a ti.

14 Perdóname por derramar sangre, oh Dios que salva;
entonces con alegría cantaré de tu perdón.

15 Desata mis labios, oh Señor,
para que mi boca pueda alabarte.

Salmos 51:5-15 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.