Psalm 51:1

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Summary

{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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2 Samuel 12:1

After

2 Samuel 11:2

O god

Multitude

Tender

Psalm 40:11

Psalm 77:9

Psalm 145:9

Bible References

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And the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

After

And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

O god

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

Who is a God like to thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Multitude

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy temple.

But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.

Tender

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.