Psalms 51:14 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

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ASV

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

KJV

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Deliver me from blood guiltiness,.... Or "from bloods" (q); meaning not the corruption of nature; see Eze 16:6; though to be rid of that, and to be free from the guilt and condemnation of it, is very desirable, Rom 7:24; but either from capital punishment in his family, the effusion of blood and slaughter in it, threatened him on account of his sin, 2Sa 12:

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness. He had been the means of the death of Uriah, the Hittite, a faithful and attached follower, and he now confesses that fact. Besides, his sin of adultery was a capital offence, and he puts himself down as one worthy to die the death. Honest penitents do not fetch a compass and confess their sins in an elegant periphrasis, but they come to the point, call a spade a spade, and make a clean breast of all. What other course is rational in dealing with the Omniscient? O God, thou God of my salvation.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 713: “Soul Murder—Who Is Guilty?” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1866)

DAVID had been grossly guilty towards his faithful and veteran friend Uriah. He had given instructions that Uriah should be led into the hottest part of the fight and then suddenly deserted so that he might be struck by the sword of the Syrians, and might appear to have died in the natural order of battle. Whereas, of course, his death was a cowardly murder, planned and devised by the very man who ought to have been his protector. It is pleasing to observe in David's penitence that he plainly names his sin. He does not call it manslaughter.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי	ha.Tzi.Le.ni	deliver me	H5337 →
מִדָּמִ֨ים׀	mi.da.Mim	from blood<s>	H1818 →
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים	'elo.Him	O God	H430 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑י	te.shu.'a.Ti	salvation my	H8668 →
תְּרַנֵּ֥ן	te.ra.Nen	it will shout for joy	H7442 →
לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י	le.sho.Ni	tongue my	H3956 →
צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃	tzid.ka.Te.cha	righteousness your	H6666 →

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Through
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
leads to
- Leviticus 24:17
  And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
- Matthew 26:52
  “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
- Revelation 13:10
  “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and…
- Exodus 21:12–14
  Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:33
  Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…
Through
Psalms 35:28
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
leads to
- Psalms 145:21
  My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
- Psalms 71:24
  My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Through
2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:19
  So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

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