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Psalms 51:2

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

KJV

cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli : Venit David in domum Achimelech.

Vulgate

ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν Δωὴκ τὸν Ἰδουμαῖον καὶ ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ Σαοὺλ καὶ εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ Ἦλθεν Δαυεὶδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἀβιμέλεχ·

LXX

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

ASV

בְּֽ/בוֹא אֵ֭לָי/ו נָתָ֣ן הַ/נָּבִ֑יא כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁר בָּ֝֗א אֶל בַּת שָֽׁבַע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בַּת
bt
proper_noun · 22×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
נָתָ֖ן
ntn
proper_noun · 42×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness. This penitential Psalm, composed after David's sin with Bathsheba, is the most profound expression of repentance in all of Scripture. David pleads not his own merit but God's mercy alone. His confession — "in sin did my mother conceive me" — is not merely a personal statement but a declaration of the universal corrupti…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 1Cor 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
  • 1John 1:9 — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • 2Chr 4:6 — He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests
  • Acts 22:16 — And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
  • Ezek 36:25 — Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
  • Ezek 36:25 — Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
  • Heb 9:13 — For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
  • Heb 10:21 — And having an high priest over the house of God;
  • Hos 14:2 — Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Jer 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Jer 33:8 — And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
  • John 13:5 — After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
  • John 13:9 — Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
  • Lev 8:6 — And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
  • Lev 16:30 — For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
  • Prov 30:12 — There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
  • Ps 19:12 — Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
  • Ps 19:12 — Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
  • Ps 51:7 — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  • Ps 65:3 — Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
  • Rev 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
  • Rev 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Zech 13:1 — In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
  • Zech 13:1 — In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.