PSALMS LESSON 51 THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE …

1 1 PSALMS LESSON 51 We will begin this LESSON by giving the 51st Psalm in METRE . THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE Chapter 51 Verse 1 "Lord, to me compassion show, As thy tender mercies flow; In thy vast and boundless grace, My transgressions all erase; Wash me wholly from my; sins, Cleanse me from my guilty stains." Verse 2 "For my transgression lies Ever present to my eyes; I have sinned' against thee alone, In thy sight this evil done; That thy judgment may be clear, And thy speaking just appear. Verse 3 "Lo, conceived was I in sin, Born unholy and unclean; Yet thou dost desire to find Truth sincere within the mind, And thou wilt within my heart Wisdom unto me impart.

2 " Verse 4 "Wash from every guilty stain, Cleanse with hyssop, make me clean; Then from all pollution free, Whiter than the snow I'll be. Let me hear joy's cheering tones, Making glad these broken bones." Verse 5 "From my sins hide thou thy face, Blot them out in thy rich grace; Free my heart, O God, from sin, Spirit right renew within. Cast me not away from thee, Nor thy spirit take from me." Verse 6 "Give salvation's joy again, Let thy spirit me sustain, Then shall sinners, fought by me, Learn thy ways and turn to thee. Free me from the guilt of blood, God, of my salvation God.

3 " Verse 7 "Freed from guilt, my tongue shall raise songs thy righteousness to praise; Open thou my lips, O Lord, Then my mouth shall praise accord; Sacrifice thou wilt not take, Else would I the off'ring make. Verse 8 "Sacrifice, or burnt-off'ring Can to thee no pleasure bring; But a spirit crushed for sin, Contrite, broken heart Within, Thine accepted sacrifice, Thou, O God, wilt not despise. Verse 9 "Zion favor in thy grace, Yea, Jerus'lem's ramparts raise; Then shall sacrifice right, Whole burnt-off'ring thee delight; So shall men, their vows to pay, Victims on thine altar lay.

4 " We will begin now in the verse by verse study of the 51st Psalm. PSALMS 51:1 "{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DAVID , when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions." The prayer of every person who ever came to God is spoken in the verse above. Have mercy, on me a sinner. We know that the Bible says, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Then we are classed as sinners. Some of us sinners have been to the fountain, and been washed in His precious spotless blood, and made righteous in the sight of God.

5 This is definitely DAVID speaking here. Notice, DAVID comes not in his own righteousness. He pleads for the mercy of God. DAVID comes empty handed, 2 just as we do. DAVID , at this point, has nothing to offer God, but a broken spirit full of repentance. These requests are made according to God's lovingkindness. DAVID is like many of us who have sinned. He knows God is full of love, and kindness, and mercy. The sin that DAVID committed here is carved into his heart. DAVID 's heart is breaking. How many times have we done some terrible thing and wished that God would just completely blot it off the record?

6 DAVID does not want this sin covered up, he wants it completely blotted out. PSALMS 51:2 "Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin." Sin causes a person, who is at all conscious of God, to feel dirty. In DAVID 's case here, he feels dirty from within as well as outside. The word throughly, above, is a different word than thoroughly. Throughly indicates a cleansing from within, as well as an outward washing. The sins that hurt the worst are the sins that the world is not aware of. Just as it helps a child to get over doing something wrong when his parent spanks him, DAVID would feel better if this sin is brought to light where he could be punished for it.

7 We must not overlook the prophetic message, here, as well. Wash me with your unstained blood, O Lord, and I shall be white as snow. The only way to be clean, within and without, is to be washed in this precious blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ our Lord. PSALMS 51:3 "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me." Sin, that has not been forgiven by the washing of the blood of the Lamb, is constantly on your mind. DAVID admits he has sinned, and that is the first step to being forgiven. PSALMS 51:4 "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.

8 " This sin is devastating DAVID . He feels so guilty, because he was the chosen of God. He had even been anointed with oil by the prophet of God, and yet he committed this sin. DAVID is saying, here, God I sinned against heaven and You and whatever punishment You see fit to do, I deserve it. DAVID knows that whatever judgment God makes on this matter, it will be fully deserved. PSALMS 51:5 "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me." DAVID is saying that he was born in sin. He is blaming his sin on the fact that he was a flesh man. PSALMS 51:6 "Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

9 " I have been saying, all along that God looks at the inside of man. He looks at the heart and examines the condition of the heart. DAVID 's heart was always stayed upon God. It was the desire of DAVID 's heart to do what was right in God's sight. DAVID fell prey to the desires of his flesh, when he sinned with Bathsheba. I have said, over and over, that we must let our 3 spirit rule over our flesh. The flesh of mankind must be crucified with Christ that we might live victorious lives. PSALMS 51:7 "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." Hyssop was used to apply the blood of the Lamb.

10 DAVID knows that only the blood of the precious Lamb of God can wash him and make him white as snow. Purge, in the verse above, is speaking of purifying his inward man. He is saying, Lord, you burn out all the evil within me, and wash me with your blood, and make me white as snow. This is a white that is so white no fuller on earth can compare with it. This is not DAVID washing, this is God washing DAVID . This is the white that we all receive from the Lord, when He washes us in the blood of the Lamb. PSALMS 51:8 "Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice." DAVID is speaking of his bones even aching from the sin he has committed against God.