Salmi 51:2

2 Lavami del tutto della mia iniquità e nettami del mio peccato!

Salmi 51:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 51:2

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity
Which supposes defilement by sin, and that very great, and such as none can remove but the Lord himself; who, when he takes it in hand, does it effectually and thoroughly; see ( Ezekiel 36:25 ) . David's sin had long lain upon him, the faith of it had as it were eaten into him, and spread itself over him, and therefore he needed much washing: "wash me much", all over, and thoroughly:

and cleanse me from my sin:
which only the blood of Christ can do, ( 1 John 1:7 ) . The psalmist makes use of three words to express his sin by, in this verse ( Psalms 51:1 ) ; (evp) , which signifies "rebellion", as all sin has in it rebellion against God the lawgiver, and a contempt of his commandments; (Nwe) , "perverseness", "crookedness", sin being a going out of the plain way of God's righteous law; and (tajx) , "a missing the mark"; going besides it or not coming up to it: and these he makes rise of to set forth the malignity of sin, and the deep sense he had of the exceeding sinfulness of it; and these are the three words used by the Lord in ( Exodus 34:7 ) ; when he declares himself to be a sin forgiving God; so that David's sin came within the reach of pardoning mercy.

Salmi 51:2 In-Context

1 Per il Capo de’ musici. Salmo di Davide, quando il profeta Natan venne a lui, dopo che Davide era stato da Batseba. Abbi pietà di me, o Dio, secondo la tua benignità; secondo la moltitudine delle tue compassioni, cancella i miei misfatti.

2 Lavami del tutto della mia iniquità e nettami del mio peccato!

3 Poiché io conosco i miei misfatti, e il mio peccato è del continuo davanti a me.

4 Io ho peccato contro te, contro te solo, e ho fatto ciò ch’è male agli occhi tuoi; lo confesso, affinché tu sia riconosciuto giusto quando parli, e irreprensibile quando giudichi.

5 Ecco, io sono stato formato nella iniquità, e la madre mia mi ha concepito nel peccato.