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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms 51:7 — KJV
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Psalms 51:7
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 51:7
Theological / DevotionalPurge. Heb. chata’, the simple form of which means “to sin,” in the sense of missing the mark. The form employed here means, “to make atonement.”
Hyssop. Under the Levitical law, hyssop was used in ceremonies of cleansing (see on Ex. 12:22; cf. Lev. 14:4; Num. 19:18). David recognized that only the remedy with the greatest purifying power could cleanse him from his defilement.
Wash me. See v. 2; cf. Isa. 1:16, 18. David understood the spiritual significance of the ceremonial law.
The Christian should make this prayer of David’s his own in times when sin has made him miss the mark.
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