Psalm 51:1-19 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness… 1. To fly to God is the only true way to find comfort in the time of spiritual distress. (1) There is a commandment for it (Psalm 50:15). (2) There is a promise of success (Isaiah 65:24). (3) There is ability in God to give a gracious issue to all our distresses (Proverbs 18:8; Ephesians 3:20). (4) He is ready both to be found and to afford that which is desired (Psalm 46:1; Micah 7:18; Psalm 145:18). (5) Because He would have all His diligent in this course, He hath furnished them with the Spirit of prayer (Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:26). 2. The mercy of God in the pardon of sin is a blessing of exceeding worth. It is the hungry soul that can best judge of the worth of good. It is he which lieth sick upon his couch, and not able to stir for weakness, that can tell the worth of health. When thy soul is pained with the horror of sin, then thou wilt be fit to apprehend the truth of this doctrine, and then thou wilt need but little quickening to this kind of suit. 3. In forgiving of sin, there is an utter abolishment on God's part of the guilt of sin (Psalm 32:1, 2; Isaiah 44:22; Micah 7:18, 19; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 50:20). 4. Man hath no plea but the freedom of God's grace in making suit for the pardon of his sins (Psalm 130:4; Ezra 9:6, 10, 15). (S. Hieron.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. |
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