Psalms 51

Where it is preached

1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites Ps. 51:12

   …Hence, he elsewhere prays for a renewal of a right spirit, which he had lost by his sin, (Ps. 51:12). For that which God gave at first, while temporarily withdrawn, it is equally his…

2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   The Mercy of God cites Psa 51:1

   …‘Plenteous in mercy.’ Psa 86:6. ‘Rich in mercy.’ Eph 2:2. ‘Multitude of mercies.’ Psa 51:1: The vial of wrath drops, but the fountain of mercy runs. The sun is not so full of light…

3. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   The mortification of sin in particular described cites Ps. li. 3

   …prevailed, and thus he will do, if not prevented.” So David, “My sin is ever before me,” Ps. li. 3. And, indeed, one of the choicest and most eminent parts of practically spiritual wisdom…

4. Communion with God · John Owen

   Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Ps. li. 4

   …To him we owe “our debts,” Matt. vi. 12, xviii. 23–27; against him are our offences, Ps. li. 4; he is the judge and lawgiver, James iv. 12. To sin is to rebel against him. He shuts up…

5. Communion with God · John Owen

   Of communion with Christ in holiness cites Ps. li. 7

   …David, in a sense of the pollution of sin, prays that he may be “purged with hyssop,” Ps. li. 7. For that this peculiarly respected the uncleanness and defilement of sin, is evident…

6. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   David Brainerd — The Flame That Burned Bright and Brief cites Psalm 51:17

   …of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, you, God, will not despise” (Psalm 51:17, NIV). His brokenness was not a spiritual disadvantage to be overcome. It was a spiritual…

7. Communion with God · John Owen

   The foundation of our communion with the Holy Ghost cites Ps. li. 11

   …he is always with us; as to sanctify and make us holy. So was the case with David, Ps. li. 11, 12, “Take not thy Holy Spirit from me.” The Holy Spirit of sanctification was still with…

8. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Psalm 51:5

   …to his very birth, “I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me,” (Psalm 51:5); not to extenuate the fault by the corruption of his nature, but as it were to…

9. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites Psalm 51:17

   …“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” Chapter 8 — David Brainerd Psalm 51:17 — “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will…

10. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

    Break Up Your Fallow Ground cites PSALM 51:17

    …of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Set aside an hour this week with pen and paper. Work slowly…

11. The Key Teachings of George Whitefield · Ochorus Originals

    The Method of Grace cites PSALM 51:5

    …their Master. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. PSALM 51:5 Third — and here he goes further than most preachers — a sinner must be troubled not only…

12. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites Ps. li. 14

    …xliii. 25 are also useful passages in dealing with this class of men. Isaiah i. 18 and Ps. li. 14 are especially useful in dealing with men who have committed murder. Never tell any one…

13. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites Psalm li. 11

    …in the storm. David, in a state of dejection, prays, “Take not thy Holy Spirit from me” (Psalm li. 11). He does not pray, says Augustine, “Lord, give me thy Spirit”, but “Take not away thy…

14. The Key Teachings of John Wesley · Ochorus Originals

    The Disease and the Physician cites PSALM 51:5

    …else he believes. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. PSALM 51:5 Religion as healing And now the turn. Having described the disease, Wesley describes the…

15. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the Second cites Ps. li. 5

    …wicked: therefore, he is not wicked. For how can he not be wicked from a wicked seed? As Ps. li. 5, saith, “Behold I was conceived in sin.” And Job xiv. 4, “Who can make that clean which…

16. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Formality cites Psalm li. 17

    …against God, and must be opened. The Lord "opened the heart" of Lydia. (Ezek. xxxvi. 26; Psalm li. 17; Acts xvi. 14.) The heart is the seat of true saving faith. "With the heart man believeth…

17. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

    What It Is to Mortify a Sin cites PSALM 51:3

    …because it is quiet. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. PSALM 51:3 It is, third, success. Not merely the disappointment of a sin, but victory over it…

18. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 18 — The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God, While He Continues Free from Every Taint cites Ps. 51:6

    …this branch of doctrine. But what the Spirit declared of old by the mouth of David (Ps. 51:6), they will feel by experience to be true—God will overcome when he is judged. David…

19. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 1 — Through the Fall and Revolt of Adam, the Whole Human Race Made Accursed and Degenerate cites Ps. 51:5

    …in David’s confession, “I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me,” (Ps. 51:5). His object in the passage is not to throw blame on his parents; but the better to…

20. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 3 — Every Thing Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable cites Ps. 51:10

    …grace, prays, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me,” (Ps. 51:10). Is not this an acknowledgment that all the parts of the heart are full of impurity, and…

21. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Acceptance and Offering cites PSALM 51:17

    …of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Name one thing in your life that you have not yet accepted…

22. Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 24 — Purity cites Psalm 51:10

    …failure, prayed, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10). God still answers that prayer. Purity is not a scoreboard. It’s a direction you walk…

23. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ is so mild that yet he will govern those that enjoy the comfort of his mildness cites Psalm li. 2

    …mercy healing. David prayeth for a new spirit, as well as for sense of pardoning mercy, Psalm li. 2. This sheweth that those are misled, that make Christ to be only righteousness to us, and…

24. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    The Hill Difficulty cites PSALM 51:12

    …haven. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. PSALM 51:12 The chained lions By the time he reaches the top again the sun has set, and in the…

25. Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 22 — Saying Sorry to God cites Psalm 51:1–2

    …me from my sin… Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” — Psalm 51:1–2, 10 (BSB) King David loved God. He wrote many of the psalms. But one time, David did…

26. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spring in the Heart cites Psalm 51:17

    …gracious fruit of the Spirit. “A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise” (Psalm 51:17). Softening with showers: Man’s heart is naturally hard, like dry soil. The Spirit…

27. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    What If I’ve Done Something I Can’t Undo? cites Psalm 51:10

    …and he prayed, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10). Peter swore three times that he didn’t even know Jesus, on the night Jesus most needed…

28. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Loaded Wagon cites Psalm 51:4

    …must confess, “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight” (Psalm 51:4). We offend knowingly. We do not sin like the ignorant or the savage. We in England sin…

29. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Psa 51: 14

    …out for most was, this crimson sin of blood. ‘Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God.’ Psa 51: 14. Though the Lord visits for every sin, yet he will in a special manner make ‘inquisition…

30. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites Ps. 51:1

    …is as follows: “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness,” (Ps. 51:1). The following is Daniel’s confession: “We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and…

31. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

    Depravity and the Will cites PSALM 51:5

    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. PSALM 51:5 This is the hardest chapter in the book, and the most necessary. Finney’s preaching drew…

32. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance the Whole Life Long cites PSALM 51:10

    Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. PSALM 51:10 Luther’s first thesis, nailed to the church door in 1517, said that when our Lord Jesus…

33. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    The Pear Tree cites PSALM 51:5

    …to act on it. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. PSALM 51:5 This became the ground of his teaching on original sin, which he set out most fully in…

34. The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance Must Go with Forgiveness cites PSALM 51:17

    …of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 Pardon melts the heart Here Spurgeon makes a move that many readers find surprising. We…

35. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    Forgive Us Our Debts cites PSALM 51:17

    …of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 The one sin that cannot be forgiven, on his reading, is the refusal of forgiveness…

36. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    Original Sin cites PSALM 51:5

    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. PSALM 51:5 The last book Edwards saw through the press, published in the year he died, was a defence…

37. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Breaking of the Outer Man cites PSALM 51:17

    …of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 He drew attention to Jacob at Peniel — the man who wrestled and prevailed and went away…

38. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (For Teens) · John Foxe

    Nine Days a Queen cites Psalm 51:1

    …according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.” — Psalm 51:1 (KJV) Lady Jane Grey was a teenager when she was caught up in a power struggle she didn’t…

39. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Psa 51: 10

    …is made pure. Pray much for a pureness of soul. ‘Create in me a clean heart, O God.’ Psa 51: 10. Some pray for children, others for riches; but pray thou for soul purity. Say, ‘Lord…

40. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Psalm 51:14

    …O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.” (Psalm 51:14) In this solemn confession, it is pleasing to observe that David plainly names his sin.…

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