Psalm 51:5 ESV

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 51:1-19

Psalms 51:1-19Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness. The fifty-first psalmA darker guilt you will scarcely find--kingly power abused--worst passions yielded to. Yet this psalm breathes from a spirit touched with the finest sensibilities of spiritual feeling. Two sides of our mysterious twofold being here. Something in us near to hell; something strangely near to God. It is good to observe this, that we rightly estimate: generously of fallen humanity; moderately of highest... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 51:5-7

Psalms 51:5-7Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Original depravityMen may come upon this doctrine one of two different ways.1. As a dogma in theology. The first thing that some theologians do is to assail human nature, to describe it as covered with wounds, bruises and putrefying sores, and as deserving nothing but eternal burning. And human nature denies this. It says, “No, I have good impulses, upward desires, generous emotions; I resent your calumnies.”2.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 51:5

Psa 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Ver. 5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ] This he allegeth, viz. his original depravity, not as an excuse, but as an aggravation of his actual abominations, which he saith were committed out of the vile viciousness of his nature. See Psalms 58:3-4 , . The Masorites here observe, that the word rendered iniquity is full, written with a double ו , Vau, to signify the fulness of his sin; Hebrew Text Note whole evil... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 51:5

shapen: Psalms 58:3, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 8:21, Job 14:4, Job 15:14-Nehemiah :, John 3:6, Romans 5:12, Ephesians 2:3 conceive: Heb. warm Reciprocal: Leviticus 12:2 - If a woman Leviticus 13:45 - Unclean Leviticus 15:18 - unclean 2 Samuel 11:27 - displeased Job 11:12 - man be Job 14:1 - born Job 25:4 - how can Job 40:4 - Behold Psalms 19:12 - cleanse Proverbs 20:9 - General Proverbs 20:11 - General Proverbs 22:15 - Foolishness Ecclesiastes 9:3 - also Isaiah 7:15 - know Isaiah 48:8 - a... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 51:5

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.Behold — Nor is this the only sin which I have reason to bewail before thee; for this filthy stream leads me to a corrupt fountain: and upon a review of my heart, I find, that this heinous crime, was the proper fruit of my vile nature, which, ever was, and still is ready to commit ten thousand sins, as occasion offers. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:5

5. I was shapen in iniquity;… in sin… conceive me The verb rendered “shapen” simply denotes the being born. The words “in sin,” etc., do not imply any thing sinful in the means leading to that birth, but merely the being born with a sinful nature. The text is of like import with Ephesians 2:3, “And were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.” This confession of natural depravity was not made in abatement of actual transgression, but to show that David not only abandons every... read more