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Although intensely personal, the psalm’s instructional elements (vv. 16-19) show that it is meant to be used as a hymn through which members of a worshipping congregation confess their own sins and affirm their trust in the gracious character of God to forgive.
1 paź 2024 · This week we are studying Psalm 51. Although we’re focusing on verses 1-4, 10-12, 15-17, the whole psalm is not especially long – 21 verses, in the Masoretic text, which numbers the long superscript as the first two verses.
Psalm 51 is composed in the first person with David the petitioner referring to God in the second person. It is a lament that begs God for mercy, confesses sin, and focuses on God’s grace. The Book of Psalms stands as a timeless reservoir of poetic and spiritual expressions.
THE PSALM OF A SINNING SAINT PSALM 51 Notice the heading of the Psalm: “To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.” This Psalm is called a “Penitential Psalm” meaning a Psalm of penitence. There are seven Psalms so designated: Psalm 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 145.
1. Psalm 51 is one of seven penitential psalms (6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143). These express deep regret for sin and guilt. Read these psalms as a group and compare similar expressions. 2. The superscription of Psalm 51 alludes to the Biblical event of David’s affair with Bathsheba. How would you interpret Psalm 51 if the superscription ...
Psalm 51 is usually classified as a “lament” psalm: However, “It has no complaint against the enemy and no plea to God to act against the enemy.”2 On the other hand, one could argue that in this case the “enemy” is oneself, and the “plea to God” involves a personal appeal for forgiveness and restoration (cf. Ps. 38).
LESSONS FROM PSALMS FIFTY-ONE Scripture: Psalm 51 Ray O. Brooks Introduction: GOD'S PATTERN FOR REVIVAL A. We announce that our revival begins next Sunday. B. What do we mean? What is revival? Do we think we need revival? Do I, or do I think someone else does? C. It seems that many of God’s people have lost sight of what revival really is ...
