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wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/51.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Cleanse me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Wash me with hyssop until I am clean and whiter than snow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Remove my sin, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You cleanse me with hyssop and I am clean, "" Wash me, and I am whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou wilt wash me and I shall be white above snow.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 50:9>You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Sprinkle me with hyssop and I am pure; wash me in it and I shall be whiter than snow.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/51-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=6085" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/51.htm">Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: tə·ḥaṭ·ṭə·’ê·nî (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">Purify me</a> <a href="/hebrew/231.htm" title="231: ḇə·’ê·zō·wḇ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Hyssop. Probably of foreign derivation; hyssop.">with hyssop,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: wə·’eṭ·hār (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">and I will be clean;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3526.htm" title="3526: tə·ḵab·bə·sê·nî (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To wash. A primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash, whether literal or figurative.">wash me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3835.htm" title="3835: ’al·bîn (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To be, white, to make bricks. A primitive root; to be white; also to make bricks.">and I will be whiter</a> <a href="/hebrew/7950.htm" title="7950: ū·miš·še·leḡ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Snow. From shalag; snow.">than snow.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a></span><br />But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a></span><br />how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Revelation 7:14</a></span><br />“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-18.htm">Numbers 19:18-19</a></span><br />Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain. / The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Jeremiah 33:8</a></span><br />And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a></span><br />But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a></span><br />to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-3.htm">John 15:3</a></span><br />You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Leviticus 14:4-7</a></span><br />the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed. / Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot. / And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a></span><br />“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a></span><br />And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.</p><p class="hdg">Purge</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Leviticus 14:4-7,49-52</a></b></br> Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive <i>and</i> clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/19-18.htm">Numbers 19:18-20</a></b></br> And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip <i>it</i> in the water, and sprinkle <i>it</i> upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Hebrews 9:19</a></b></br> For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,</p><p class="hdg">and</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13,14</a></b></br> For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a></b></br> But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5</a></b></br> And from Jesus Christ, <i>who is</i> the faithful witness, <i>and</i> the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,</p><p class="hdg">whiter</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></b></br> Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26,27</a></b></br> That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/7-13.htm">Revelation 7:13,14</a></b></br> And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/psalms/50-19.htm">Free</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-33.htm">Hyssop</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/job/38-22.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/job/14-19.htm">Washest</a> <a href="/genesis/49-12.htm">Whiter</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/psalms/119-9.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/psalms/51-12.htm">Free</a> <a href="/john/19-29.htm">Hyssop</a> <a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/psalms/119-9.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/psalms/51-9.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/psalms/68-14.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/psalms/58-10.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/psalms/58-10.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/job/14-19.htm">Washest</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-7.htm">Whiter</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 51</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-6.htm">He prays for sanctification</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-18.htm">He prays for the church</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/51.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/51.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Purify me with hyssop</b><br>In ancient Israel, hyssop was a plant used in ceremonial cleansing, particularly in the purification rites described in <a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Leviticus 14:4-7</a> and <a href="/numbers/19-18.htm">Numbers 19:18</a>. It was employed to sprinkle blood or water, symbolizing spiritual cleansing and purification from sin. The use of hyssop in this verse connects to the Passover in <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Exodus 12:22</a>, where it was used to apply the blood of the lamb to the doorposts, signifying protection and deliverance. This imagery foreshadows the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, whose blood purifies believers from sin (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>, <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a>).<p><b>and I will be clean</b><br>The plea for cleansing reflects a deep awareness of sin and the need for divine forgiveness. In the Old Testament, cleanliness was not only a physical state but also a spiritual condition necessary for worship and fellowship with God (<a href="/psalms/24-3.htm">Psalm 24:3-4</a>). This phrase underscores the belief that only God can truly cleanse and forgive sin, a theme echoed in 1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>, where confession leads to purification through Christ's atoning sacrifice.<p><b>wash me</b><br>The metaphor of washing signifies a thorough cleansing from sin, akin to the ritual washings required for priests and worshippers in the temple (<a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18-21</a>). This imagery is further developed in the New Testament, where baptism symbolizes the washing away of sins and the believer's new life in Christ (<a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a>, <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a>). The request for washing highlights the psalmist's desire for renewal and transformation.<p><b>and I will be whiter than snow</b><br>Snow, in its purest form, represents absolute purity and innocence. This comparison emphasizes the complete and transformative nature of God's forgiveness. <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> uses similar imagery to convey the promise of redemption: "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." This transformation is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who presents believers as spotless before God (<a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>, <a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Revelation 7:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51</a>, King David wrote this psalm as a prayer of repentance after the prophet Nathan confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan_the_prophet.htm">Nathan the Prophet</a></b><br>The prophet who confronted David about his sin, leading to David's repentance and the writing of this psalm.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bathsheba.htm">Bathsheba</a></b><br>The woman with whom David committed adultery, which is the sin that prompted the writing of this psalm.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/hyssop.htm">Hyssop</a></b><br>A plant used in ancient Israelite rituals for purification, symbolizing cleansing and purification from sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David reigned as king and where the events leading to this psalm took place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_purification.htm">The Need for Purification</a></b><br>Recognize that sin creates a barrier between us and God, and we need His cleansing to restore our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_hyssop.htm">Symbolism of Hyssop</a></b><br>Understand the significance of hyssop as a symbol of purification and how it points to the ultimate cleansing through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise_of_forgiveness.htm">God's Promise of Forgiveness</a></b><br>Trust in God's promise to cleanse us from sin when we come to Him with a repentant heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_depth_of_god's_mercy.htm">The Depth of God's Mercy</a></b><br>Reflect on the depth of God's mercy and grace, which can make us "whiter than snow" despite our sins.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_a_life_of_repentance.htm">Living a Life of Repentance</a></b><br>Embrace a lifestyle of continual repentance and reliance on God's grace for daily cleansing and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 51</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_one_become_purer_than_snow.htm">How can one become purer than snow?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_51_7__hyssop_vs._modern_cleansing.htm">Psalm 51:7 – Does the idea of being cleansed with hyssop conflict with modern understandings of physical purification and disease prevention? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'enemies_as_footstool'_mean.htm">How can one become purer than snow?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_salvation_and_forgiveness_differ.htm">How do salvation and forgiveness differ?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Hyssop.</span>--The mention of this connects this verse with the priestly ordinances concerning leprosy and contact with a dead body (Leviticus 14; Numbers 19); but generally it is a repetition of the former prayer to have the breach made in the covenant - relationship healed. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm" title="Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.">Isaiah 1:18</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean</span>. "Hyssop" alone could by the Levitical Law cleanse from contact with a corpse (<a href="/numbers/19-18.htm">Numbers 19:18</a>) or from the defilement of leprosy (<a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Leviticus 14:4</a>). David recognizes that his impurity is of the extremest kind, and needs the remedy which has the greatest purifying power. Legally, this was the hyssop, with its "blood of sprinkling" (<a href="/leviticus/14-6.htm">Leviticus 14:6, 7</a>); spiritually, it was the blood of Christ, which was thus symbolized. <span class="cmt_word">Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.</span> Again the word is used which corresponds to the Greek <span class="greek">πλῦνον</span>. "Wash me as garments are washed by the fuller" (see the comment on ver. 2). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/51-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Purify</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḥaṭ·ṭə·’ê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me with hyssop,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְאֵז֣וֹב</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·’ê·zō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_231.htm">Strong's 231: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hyssop</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will be clean;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶטְהָ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṭ·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be clean or pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wash me,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḵab·bə·sê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3526.htm">Strong's 3526: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trample, to wash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will be whiter</span><br /><span class="heb">אַלְבִּֽין׃</span> <span class="translit">(’al·bîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3835.htm">Strong's 3835: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, white, to make bricks</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than snow.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג</span> <span class="translit">(ū·miš·še·leḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7950.htm">Strong's 7950: </a> </span><span class="str2">Snow</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 51:7 Purify me with hyssop and I will (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/51-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 51:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 51:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/51-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 51:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 51:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>