诗篇 51:18 RCUVSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 51:14-19

I. David prays against the guilt of sin, and prays for the grace of God, enforcing both petitions from a plea taken from the glory of God, which he promises with thankfulness to show forth. 1. He prays against the guilt of sin, that he might be delivered from that, and promises that then he would praise God, Ps. 51:14. The particular sin he prays against is blood-guiltiness, the sin he had now been guilty of, having slain Uriah with the sword of the children of Ammon. Hitherto perhaps he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:18

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion ,.... This verse, and Psalm 51:19 , are thought, by a Spanish Rabbi mentioned by Aben Ezra, to have been added by one of the holy men that lived in the time of the Babylonish captivity; though rather it is thought, by the latter, to be written by David, under a spirit of prophecy, concerning, times to come; and so Kimchi thinks they are prophetic of future things; of the destruction of the first and second temple, and of the acceptableness of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:18

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion - This and the following verse most evidently refer to the time of the captivity, when the walls of Jerusalem were broken down, and the temple service entirely discontinued; and, consequently, are long posterior to the times of David. Hence it has been concluded that the Psalm was not composed by David, nor in his time and that the title must be that of some other Psalm inadvertently affixed to this. The fourth verse has also been considered as decisive... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:18

Verse 18 18Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure: build thou the walls of Jerusalem (273) From prayer in his own behalf he now proceeds to offer up supplications for the collective Church of God, a duty which he may have felt to be the more incumbent upon him from the circumstance of his having done what he could by his fall to ruin it, Raised to the throne, and originally anointed to be king for the very purpose of fostering the Church of God, he had by his disgraceful conduct nearly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

The psalm consists of an opening strophe, extending to four verses, which is an earnest prayer for mercy and forgiveness ( Psalms 51:1-4 ); a second strophe, of eight verses, which is an entreaty for restoration and renewal ( Psalms 51:5-12 ); a third strophe, of five verses, setting forth the return which the psalmist will make, if he is forgiven and restored ( Psalms 51:13-17 ); and a conclusion, in two verses, praying for God's blessing on the people, and promising an ample return... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

This might be called The minister's psalm. We may imagine the servant of the Lord engaged in devout meditation. He looks before and after. He communes with himself as to his life and work. The deepest thoughts of his heart are revealed. I. EVER - GROWING SENSE OF THE EVIL OF SIN . Sin is thought of in the abstract, and its badness is seen. It is looked at in the world, in society, in the Church, and more and more its evils are discerned. But worst of all, it is felt... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:13-19

Working for God. With a conscience set free from guilt, with a heart renewed by the Spirit of God, and full of thankfulness for God's great mercy, he cannot keep silent, but will seek to turn other sinners to God. The thirty-second psalm shows how this resolution was kept. I. HE WHO BY HIS EXAMPLE HAD TAUGHT OTHERS TO SIN WILL NOW SEEK TO CONVERT THEM TO THE WAY OF OBEDIENCE . ( Psalms 51:13 .) To the ways of God's commandment. We cannot undo... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:18

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion . It is characteristic of David to pass from prayer for himself to prayer for the people committed to him, and especially to do so at or near the end of a psalm (see Psalms 5:11 , Psalms 5:12 ; Psalms 25:22 ; Psalms 28:9 ; Psalms 40:16 ). And he closely connects—nay, identifies—the people with their capital city (see Psalms 46:4 ; Psalms 48:11 ; Psalms 69:35 , etc.). Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Josephus says that David... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:18

Relations of ruler and people. "Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion," etc. This psalm would be very defective if it ended without such a prayer as this. For David the penitent transgressor, David the inspired psalmist, was also David the anointed of God, king of his people Israel. Modern criticism, eager to use its sharp shears, would cut away these two verses as added by a later hand. But modern criticism, keen and accomplished as it is, is sorely lacking in sympathy and imagination.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:18-19

That this is an addition made to the original psalm, during the time of the Babylonian exile, or later, for liturgical purposes, has been maintained by a large number of the commentators who ascribe the rest of the psalm to David. The chief ground for the supposition is the prayer in Psalms 51:18 , "Build thou the walls of Jerusalem," which has been supposed to imply that the walls were in ruins, whereas under David they should have been, it is thought, in good condition. But it has been... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 51:14-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:13-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:18-19

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