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then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: <i>and</i> my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, <i>And</i> my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation; <i>Then</i> my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; <i>Then</i> my tongue will joyfully sing of Thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; <i>Then</i> my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness <i>and</i> Your justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God — God of my salvation — and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Keep me from any deadly sin. Only you can save me! Then I will shout and sing about your power to save. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, my savior. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Spare my life, O God, and save me, and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, "" My tongue sings of Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloods, O God the God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in thy justice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 50:16>Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Rescue me from violent bloodshed, God, my saving God, and my tongue will sing joyfully of your justice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodshedding, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Save me from blood, my God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will praise your righteousness!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; So shall my tongue sing aloud of Thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: <i>and</i> my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/51-14.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=6133" 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">13</span>Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">Deliver me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: mid·dā·mîm (Prep-m:: N-mp) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">from bloodguilt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕlō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">O God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8668.htm" title="8668: tə·šū·‘ā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Deliverance, salvation. Or tshuah; from shava' in the sense of yasha'; rescue.">of my salvation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: lə·šō·w·nî (N-csc:: 1cs) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively.">and my tongue</a> <a href="/hebrew/7442.htm" title="7442: tə·ran·nên (V-Piel-Imperf-3fs) -- To give a ringing cry. A primitive root; properly, to creak, i.e. To shout.">will sing</a> <a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: ṣiḏ·qā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">of Your righteousness.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.…<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/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23-24</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, / and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-15.htm">1 Timothy 1:15</a></span><br />This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></span><br />I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a></span><br />In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<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="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></span><br />Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<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="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a></span><br />No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13-14</a></span><br />He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, / in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a></span><br />He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-27</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. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, you God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.</p><p class="hdg">Deliver</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/26-9.htm">Psalm 26:9</a></b></br> Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Psalm 55:23</a></b></br> But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-6.htm">Genesis 9:6</a></b></br> Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.</p><p class="hdg">bloodguiltiness [heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/33-8.htm">Ezekiel 33:8</a></b></br> When I say unto the wicked, O wicked <i>man</i>, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked <i>man</i> shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Hosea 4:2</a></b></br> By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/18-6.htm">Acts 18:6</a></b></br> And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook <i>his</i> raiment, and said unto them, Your blood <i>be</i> upon your own heads; I <i>am</i> clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.</p><p class="hdg">thou God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-22.htm">Psalm 38:22</a></b></br> Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-20.htm">Psalm 68:20</a></b></br> <i>He that is</i> our God <i>is</i> the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord <i>belong</i> the issues from death.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm">Psalm 88:1</a></b></br> A Song <i>or</i> Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day <i>and</i> night before thee:</p><p class="hdg">tongue</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-28.htm">Psalm 35:28</a></b></br> And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness <i>and</i> of thy praise all the day long.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/71-15.htm">Psalm 71:15-24</a></b></br> My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness <i>and</i> thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers <i>thereof</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/86-12.htm">Psalm 86:12,13</a></b></br> I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore… </p><p class="hdg">righteousness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Ezra 9:13</a></b></br> And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities <i>deserve</i>, and hast given us <i>such</i> deliverance as this;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm">Nehemiah 9:33</a></b></br> Howbeit thou <i>art</i> just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-7.htm">Daniel 9:7,16</a></b></br> O Lord, righteousness <i>belongeth</i> unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, <i>that are</i> near, and <i>that are</i> far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/27-7.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/psalms/50-13.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm">Bloodguilt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-33.htm">Bloodguiltiness</a> <a href="/exodus/22-3.htm">Blood-Guiltiness</a> <a href="/psalms/49-17.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/50-22.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/44-4.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/psalms/33-1.htm">Joyfully</a> <a href="/psalms/50-23.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/psalms/50-6.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/51-12.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/44-6.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Saves</a> <a href="/psalms/50-15.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/psalms/47-7.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/job/33-27.htm">Singeth</a> <a href="/psalms/50-19.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/psalms/46-3.htm">Violent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/55-17.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/hosea/12-14.htm">Bloodguilt</a> <a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Bloodguiltiness</a> <a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Blood-Guiltiness</a> <a href="/psalms/55-4.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/55-18.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/53-6.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/psalms/59-16.htm">Joyfully</a> <a href="/psalms/51-15.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/psalms/51-19.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/53-6.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/54-1.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/55-16.htm">Saves</a> <a href="/psalms/55-16.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/psalms/57-7.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-20.htm">Singeth</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/psalms/54-3.htm">Violent</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'; 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Bloodguilt refers to the guilt of shedding innocent blood, a serious offense under Mosaic Law (<a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33</a>). David's plea for deliverance underscores his understanding that only God can cleanse such a grave sin. This request for deliverance is a recognition of God's justice and mercy, themes prevalent throughout the Psalms.<p><b>the God of my salvation</b><br>David acknowledges God as the source of his salvation, emphasizing a personal relationship with the divine. This phrase highlights the belief that salvation is not achieved through human effort but is a gift from God. The concept of God as the savior is consistent with the broader biblical narrative, where God repeatedly delivers His people, as seen in the Exodus (<a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Exodus 14:13-14</a>) and throughout the history of Israel. This anticipates the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ as the ultimate Savior.<p><b>and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness</b><br>David promises to respond to God's deliverance with praise, indicating a transformation from guilt to gratitude. Singing of God's righteousness suggests a public declaration of God's just and holy nature. This reflects the biblical principle that true repentance leads to worship and testimony. The righteousness of God is a central theme in Scripture, pointing to His faithfulness and justice, and is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who embodies God's righteousness (<a href="/romans/3-21.htm">Romans 3:21-22</a>). David's vow to sing aligns with the tradition of using music and song as expressions of worship and testimony, as seen throughout the Psalms and in the life of the early church (<a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</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 heartfelt plea for mercy and forgiveness after his sin with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband, Uriah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>Referred to as "the God of my salvation," highlighting His role as the deliverer and savior in David's life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bloodguilt.htm">Bloodguilt</a></b><br>This term refers to the guilt David feels for orchestrating the death of Uriah, which is a central theme of his repentance in this psalm.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bathsheba.htm">Bathsheba</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, Bathsheba's involvement is crucial to understanding the context of David's plea for forgiveness.<br><br>5. <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.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_bloodguilt.htm">Understanding Bloodguilt</a></b><br>Recognize the seriousness of sin and its consequences. David's acknowledgment of bloodguilt shows the depth of his understanding of his wrongdoing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god_as_deliverer.htm">God as Deliverer</a></b><br>Emphasize the role of God as the ultimate deliverer from sin. David's plea is rooted in his faith in God's ability to save and restore.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_confession.htm">The Power of Confession</a></b><br>Highlight the importance of confessing sins to God. David's example shows that true repentance involves acknowledging our sins and seeking God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/singing_of_righteousness.htm">Singing of Righteousness</a></b><br>Once forgiven, our response should be one of praise and testimony. David's commitment to sing of God's righteousness reflects a heart transformed by grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_accountability.htm">The Role of Accountability</a></b><br>Consider the importance of accountability in the Christian life. Nathan's role in David's repentance underscores the need for godly counsel and confrontation.<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/what_is_the_meaning_of_psalm_51_10.htm">What is the meaning of Psalm 51:10?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_david_claim_full_integrity.htm">(Psalm 26:1) How can David claim complete integrity when other scriptures say no one is without sin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sacrifices_compare_in_psalms.htm">Psalm 4:5: How do sacrifices of righteousness compare to other biblical texts that claim God does not desire sacrifice (e.g., Psalm 51:16), creating potential inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_david_innocent_in_psalm_17_3.htm">How can David claim innocence in Psalm 17:3 if the Bible elsewhere teaches that all humans are sinful (Romans 3:23)?</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>(14) <span class= "bld">Bloodguiltiness . . .</span>--Literally, as in the margin, <span class= "ital">bloods. </span>So in LXX. and in Vulg., but thus hardly making it clear whether the word implies the guilt of blood already shed or anticipated violence. The latter would rather have taken the form of <a href="/psalms/59-2.htm" title="Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.">Psalm 59:2</a>, "from men of blood." Probably we should read "from death," as in <a href="/psalms/56-13.htm" title="For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?">Psalm 56:13</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God</span>. In David's mouth this prayer is readily intelligible. In that of Babylonian exiles, the victims of oppression and wrong, it would be most extraordinary. <span class="cmt_word">Thou God of my salvation</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/18-46.htm">Psalm 18:46</a>; <a href="/psalms/25-5.htm">Psalm 25:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/27-9.htm">Psalm 27:9</a>: 88:1, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.</span> In further acknowledgment of God's goodness, and as, in some sort, a return for it, David will employ himself in singing the praises of God (see his many psalms of praise) and will especially exalt God's righteousness. "Jehovah," as Professor Cheyne observes, "is equally righteous when he sends and when he removes chastisements." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/51-14.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">Deliver me</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from bloodguilt,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדָּמִ֨ים ׀</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O God,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕlō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my salvation,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(tə·šū·‘ā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8668.htm">Strong's 8668: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deliverance, salvation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and my tongue</span><br /><span class="heb">לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šō·w·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">The tongue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will sing</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּרַנֵּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ran·nên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7442.htm">Strong's 7442: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give a ringing cry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your righteousness.</span><br /><span class="heb">צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiḏ·qā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rightness, subjectively, objectively</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/51-14.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness O God (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/51-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 51:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 51:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/51-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 51:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 51:15" /></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>