Salmos 51:8-18

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.

14 Líbrame de delitos de sangre, oh Dios, Dios de mi salvación; entonces mi lengua cantará con gozo tu justicia.

15 Abre mis labios, oh Señor, para que mi boca anuncie tu alabanza.

16 Porque no te deleitas en sacrificio, de lo contrario yo lo ofrecería; no te agrada el holocausto.

17 Los sacrificios de Dios son el espíritu contrito; al corazón contrito y humillado, oh Dios, no despreciarás.

18 Haz bien con tu benevolencia a Sion; edifica los muros de Jerusalén.

Salmos 51:8-18 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.