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Psa 51 V1 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19
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OET-LV [fn] have_mercy_on_me Oh_god according_to_steadfast_love_your according_to_abundant compassion_your wipe_out transgressions_my.
51:3 Note: KJB: Ps.51.1
UHB 4 הֶ֭רֶב[fn] כַּבְּסֵ֣נִי מֵעֲוֺנִ֑י וּֽמֵחַטָּאתִ֥י טַהֲרֵֽנִי׃ ‡
(4 hereⱱ kabşēnī mēˊₐōniy ūmēḩaţţāʼtiy ţahₐrēnī.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
K הרבה
ULT Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
⇔ and cleanse me from my sin.
UST Make me acceptable to you again, even though I did wrong things;
⇔ forgive the guilt of my sin and accept me.
BSB Wash me clean of my iniquity
⇔ and cleanse me from my sin.
OEB Wash me clean of my guilt,
⇔ make me pure of my sin.
WEB Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
⇔ Cleanse me from my sin.
WMB (Same as above)
NET Wash away my wrongdoing!
⇔ Cleanse me of my sin!
LSV Thoroughly wash me from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin,
FBV Wash away all my guilt; cleanse me from my sin.
T4T Make me pure from the wrong things that I have done;
⇔ make me clean from the guilt of my sin.
LEB • and from my sin cleanse me.
BBE Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.
MOF wash me from every stain of guilt,
⇔ and purge me from my sin.
JPS (51-4) Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
ASV Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,
⇔ And cleanse me from my sin.
DRA When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech. [1 Kings 22]
YLT Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,
DBY Wash me fully from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
RV Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
WBS Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
KJB-1769 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 PSA book available
BB Washe me throughly from myne iniquitie: and clense me from my sinne.
(Washe me throughly from mine iniquitie: and clense me from my sin.)
GNV Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie, and clense me from my sinne.
(Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie, and clense me from my sin. )
CB Wash me well fro my wickednesse, & clense me fro my synne.
(Wash me well from my wickedness, and clense me from my sin.)
WYC `whanne Doech Idumei cam, and telde to Saul, and seide to him, Dauid cam in to the hows of Abymelech.
(`whanne Doech Idumei came, and telde to Saul, and said to him, Dauid came in to the house of Abymelech.)
LUT da der Prophet Nathan zu ihm kam, als er war zu Bathseba eingegangen.
(da the Prophet Nathan to him kam, als he was to Bathseba eingegangen.)
CLV cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech.[fn]
(cum he_came Doëg Idumæus, and nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in home Achimelech. )
51.2 Dœg. CASS. Adversarius David significat Antichristum, qui totum orbem movebit; qui veniet per signa, et miracula ante adventum judicii, et auxilium a Saule, id est, a diabolo petens, nuntiabit venisse David, id est, Christum in domum Achimelech, id est, ad Ecclesiam, quæ est regnum Patris. Abimelech. HIER. Dicit, in Hebræo Achimelech, etc., usque ad ergo Abimelech patris mei regnum, et significat Judæos.
51.2 Dœg. CASS. Adversarius David significat Antichristum, who totum orbem movebit; who veniet through signa, and miracula before adventum yudicii, and auxilium a Saule, id it_is, a diabolo petens, nuntiabit venisse David, id it_is, Christum in home Achimelech, id it_is, to Ecclesiam, which it_is kingdom Patris. Abimelech. HIER. Dicit, in Hebræo Achimelech, etc., usque to ergo Abimelech of_the_father my/mine kingdom, and significat Yudæos.
BRN when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
BrLXX ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν Δωὴκ τὸν Ἰδουμαῖον, καὶ ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ Σαοὺλ, καὶ εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ, ἦλθε Δαυὶδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἀβιμέλεχ.
(en tōi elthein Dōaʸk ton Idoumaion, kai anangeilai tōi Saʼoul, kai eipein autōi, aʸlthe Dawid eis ton oikon Abimeleⱪ. )
51:2 Wash me . . . Purify me: The psalmist prays for cleansing and release from the guilt of his sin (51:7; see 26:6; Isa 1:16, 18; 4:4).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity & cleanse me from my sin
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,came to=him/it Nātān the,prophet after,when he/it_came to/towards daughter_of שָׁבַע )
These two phrases mean the same thing.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,came to=him/it Nātān the,prophet after,when he/it_came to/towards daughter_of שָׁבַע )
Being acceptable to God is spoken of as being clean. God makes people acceptable by forgiving their sins. Alternate translation: “Wash away all my sin” or “Forgive all my sins so that I will be acceptable to you”
thoroughly
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,came to=him/it Nātān the,prophet after,when he/it_came to/towards daughter_of שָׁבַע )
completely, totally
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
cleanse me from my sin
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,came to=him/it Nātān the,prophet after,when he/it_came to/towards daughter_of שָׁבַע )
Being acceptable to God is spoken of as being clean. God makes people acceptable by forgiving their sins. Alternate translation: “Make me clean from my sin” or “forgive me for my sin so that I will be clean”