1 Have mercy on me, elohim, according to your loving-kindness; *
in your great compassion blot out my offenses.
2 Wash me through and through from my wickedness *
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, *
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you only have I sinned *
and done what is evil in your sight.
5 [4] And so you are justified when you speak *
and upright in your judgment.
6 [5] Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth, *
a sinner from my mother's womb.
7 [6] For behold, you look for truth deep within me, *
and will make me understand wisdom secretly.
8 [7] Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; *
wash me, and I shall be clean indeed.
9 [8] Make me hear of joy and gladness, *
that the body you have broken may rejoice.
10 [9] Hide your face from my sins *
and blot out all my iniquities.
11 [10] Create in me a clean heart, elohim, *
and renew a right spirit within me.
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Verse one includes information that explains the context of this song. Not sung aloud is: “a psalm of beloved [David] when went towards gift [Nathan] the prophet ; after he had gone into the daughter of oath [Bathsheba] .” This says David went to Nathan to beg for forgiveness for his sins and that was the divine inspiration that came to David in song. This notification lets the reader-singer realize that David felt the guilt of his sins and understood he would have to pay for them, according to whatever Yahweh would place before him in life. While these verses from Psalm 51 are companioned with the Track 2 Old Testament reading selection from Exodus 32 (a prophecy of future failures to come, just like this set of failure to one saved soul), the difference must be seen in how David confessed and repented, while the futuristic “corruption” of Moses – brought down to dirt level by sinners who were arguing for the right to sin – refused to hear Yahweh speak of their Judgment coming at their deaths. The future (our modern times included) rejects feelings of guilt and the reality of Yahweh.
David was like Adam and his wife-companion, who were made perfect and placed in an idyllic surrounding, with Yahweh knowing they would eventually sin – a necessary evil for the betterment of mankind. David was a saint placed in an idyllic environment where the people followed his guidance, in the same way future Christians would follow Jesus. Jesus had to die for Yahweh’s plan to have its full effect; and, David had to sin so the people he would leave behind in his death would be forced to maintain the ways David taught them or face becoming the first steps towards the prophecy of Exodus 32. This means David’s soul would be forgiven by Yahweh, as he repented, while not realizing his sins were necessary evils that would leave young Solomon in his wake.
Once we know why David was moved to write this psalm, he began verse one as shown above, asking his “elohim” to “show favor” to him or “have mercy” upon his soul. It is vital to know that David knew the name of Yahweh, having sung it loudly many times in his songs. Psalm 51 has zero namings of Yahweh. Instead, David wrote “elohim” five times (twice in these selected verses for singing aloud), with another use of “elohe,” which is the same masculine plural form of “elohim” with “the” constructed into the word. My reference source (BibleHub Interlinear) shows a heading for this psalm, which is “Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God.” The ”O God” is the failure to accept the masculine plural word “elohim” as not translating as the masculine singular (“God”). Rather than see David was not praying for forgiveness to “the gods,” like some polytheistic pagan, and see “elohim” as the title given to the Son of Yahweh (His “Yahweh elohim”) of Genesis 2, English translations refuse to see David praying in song to his own, personal elohim” – his Adam-Jesus that was merged with his soul and his Lord within – such that David had Nathan to tell David what Yahweh thought about his sins, but his source of inspiration for all his psalms was his inner “elohim;” and, David did not want to lose that Son of Yahweh leading him.
In the remainder of verse one, David sings to his inner “elohim” to “wipe out” David’s “transgressions.” This is a return to the pure state of being that a soul Baptized by the Spirit of Yahweh causes. That “wiping clean of transgressions” is what makes a soul-flesh be worthy of receiving the soul of Yahweh’s Son to resurrect within a virgin womb – a cleansed soul-flesh. This means the Son of Yahweh cannot exist within sinners; so, David was begging for redemption, so he could continue to hear the whispers of divine guidance sent to David through His Son. Because David would continue to be led by divine insights, his sins were planned by Yahweh, meaning His Son would have to withdraw and withhold guidance, so David could act as would any mortal king, whose heart lusted from unchecked worldly power.
In verse two, David sings (as translated above): “Wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin.” That, obviously, is a request for another outpouring of Yahweh’s Spirit upon David’s soul, so his past sins would be forgiven. In the written text (not shown in the NRSV translation), this is written: “har·bêh [ he·reḇ ] ( kab·bə·sê·nî ) mê·‘ă·wō·nî ;” which literally translates into English as “bring in abundance [ much great amount ] ( to wash me ) from my guilt of iniquity ;”. In the brackets and parentheses, David sang silently or spiritually, so the words written cannot convey a physical request for a large amount of water to bathe his body clean. The enclosure marks are speaking to his inner soul, which was in union with the Yahweh “elohim” sent to be David’s Lord, when just a child of Jesse, anointed by Samuel physically, Anointed by Yahweh spiritually. This confirms that verse one sought his “elohim” to be within his soul.
In verse three, David admits his sins are his and they will remain for him to pay for the rest of his life.
In verse four, David says he knows his soul had “separated from” his “elohim,” which admits he acts alone in his sins. His actions were “evil in the sight” of Yahweh’s Son. This means David followed the whispers of Satan, when he split the dual soul arrangement (his soul following his elohim as his Lord) David had no protection against the worldly influences to sin. That “spoken” by the elohim is the word of Yahweh; and, David knows his soul will stand before Yahweh in Judgment, after the remainder of his life on earth has ended. David knew his “elohim” was “blameless” for the sins done by David, as pointed out to him by Nathan.
In verse five, the element of “in sin conceived me my mother” can be read metaphorically as the world or planet earth is the “mother,” who forms a body of flesh in her womb to receive a soul. Because all of the physical realm is death, without any breath of life (souls from Yahweh) all souls are breathed into flesh that will always seek sinful ways. This means David is singing about the natural urges within flesh that will always lead to transgressions, if the soul has not married Yahweh, been cleansed by His Spirit, and reborn as His Son as Lord over that soul-flesh. The only way to avoid sins that naturally beacon is to stand behind Adam-Jesus (in his name) and let a divine spirit reject material influences.
In verse six, David singing, “behold! truth you desire in inward parts ; and in the hidden , wisdom you will make me to know .” This sings about the presence of the Yahweh elohim that is Lord over David’s soul and flesh. The “inward parts” (from “tuchah”) means the innermost being, which is one’s soul. The soul is “hidden,” but it cannot find divine “wisdom” and “knowledge” alone. It must be married to Yahweh and be a soul where the Yahweh elohim has resurrected – two souls in one – Ephraim means “Doubly Fruitful” and the statement by Jeremiah – “Ephraim is my first born” – means two souls in one body of flesh, led by the soul of Adam-Jesus. It is then only from that divine soul presence, “hidden within one’s soul,” that true “wisdom” and “knowledge” comes.
Verse seven then states another request for a divine Baptism with Spirit that will wash away all of David’s sins. When he sings about “I shall be white,” this says “white” is the presence of light, where the light of truth exposes all sins, so they can be “purged.” This says sins come from the blackness that symbolizes an absence of light. As such, Baptism by the Spirit brings a great white light upon one’s soul.
In verse eight, David sings of the voice of his elohim bringing him “joy,” where his soul is enlightened. When he sings (NRSV above), “that the body you have broken may rejoice,” the literal English translation says, “it will rejoice , the self that has been crushed .” The Hebrew word “etsem” does not translate as “body,” but that can be seen implied from “bone, substance, self.” Still, David is not asking for healing of his body or bones, because his true need for “joy” comes from his soul (“self”) having lost touch with his elohim.
In verse nine, David is not telling his elohim to “hide your face from my sins.” Instead, he is stating that David let down the “face” of Yahweh that shone as the Son, so David’s sins came because he wore his own face, hiding that if his Saint within. Again, David knows that a sinful soul-flesh cannot justify a twin soul that is Yahweh’s Son within. The inner elohim leads souls in the flesh away from sin; and, that guidance is eternal and cannot be broken. This is a subtle clue that Yahweh planned for David to fall from grace, which meant His Son’s soul would withdraw from David and stay at a distance until reunited after David’s death.
In verse ten, David again stated the word “elohim,” singing: “a heart clean create in me elohim.” In that, the Hebrew word “leb” says “heart,” but infers the “inner man” or “soul.” This is David confessing that his soul has sinned and needs to be forgiven. When David then used the Hebrew word “ruach,” singing that he wanted a “spirit steadfast to renew within him,” the root Hebrew also means “breath,” which is synonymous with a soul. David is not begging for a body that can be forgiven crimes against humanity (as a king can break no rules set for a kingdom), but for a soul to be renewed eternally. That is the “steadfast” presence of the Adam-Jesus soul being one with one’s soul.