Psalm 51:4 (Repentance - Week 4)
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. PSALM 51:4 (ESV) Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. PSALM 51:4 (NIV) Read Full Passage HERE Dive Deeper: When I first read this verse, I was confused. When David says, “Against you only have I sinned,” he is referring to his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. So...
Psalm 51:3 (Repentance - Week 3)
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. PSALM 51:3 (ESV) For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. PSALM 51:3 (NIV) Read Full Passage HERE Dive Deeper: To know one’s transgressions is the first step in repentance. To recognize your sin requires humility and obedience to God. This humility, first given to us by God, separates the believer from the unbeliever. This is why no matter how morally good of a life an unbeliever may live, and there are plenty who live morally “better” lives than Christians, without repentance, they will...
Psalm 51:2 (Repentance - Week 2)
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! PSALM 51:2 (ESV) Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. PSALM 51:2 (NIV) Read Full Passage HERE Dive Deeper: In Psalm 51:1-2, we have already come across three terms that you may have heard often, but like me, you may not have a true understanding of. To better understand this passage and prayer, I think it’s important to spend some time defining the difference between transgression, iniquity, and sin. Sin is defined as “missing the mark.” Ever since the fall of humanity, it has been our nature...
Psalm 51:1 (Repentance - Week 1)
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. PSALM 51:1 (ESV) Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. PSALM 51:1 (NIV) Read Full Passage HERE Dive Deeper: Psalm 51 is a model of deep repentance which we see from David. To briefly set the backdrop of this psalm, David (“the man after God’s own heart”) had committed adultery with Bathsheba and murdered her husband (to get the full story, read 2 Samuel 11-12). This sin...
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