the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Psalms 51:6
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Behold, You delight in truth in the innermost being,And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.
Neuerthelesse, lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes [of me]: & [therfore] thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete [part of myne heart.]
Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden parts You teach me wisdom.
You want me to be completely loyal, so put true wisdom deep inside of me.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Behold, thou desirest trueth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisedome.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the treuth, and hast shewed me secrete wy?dome.
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
Look, you desire truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part you will make me to know wisdom.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.
But you want complete honesty, so teach me true wisdom.
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil from your perspective; so that you are right in accusing me and justified in passing sentence.
Beholde, thou louest trueth in the inwarde affections: therefore hast thou taught mee wisedome in the secret of mine heart.
Behold, thou desirest truth, and the hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made known to me.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in Thy sight;
See, You want truth deep within the heart. And You will make me know wisdom in the hidden part.
For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
Lo! faithfulness, hast thou desired in the inward parts, Yea, in the hidden part, wilt thou cause me to know, wisdom.
(50-8) For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden parts you make me to know wisdom.
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.
You want me to be completely truthful, so teach me wisdom.
Sincerity and truth are what you require; fill my mind with your wisdom.
Surely You desire integrity in the inner self, and You teach me wisdom deep within.
For lo! thou louedist treuthe; thou hast schewid to me the vncerteyn thingis, and pryuy thingis of thi wisdom.
Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. 2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. 3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. 4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. 5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. 6 But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Behold: Psalms 26:2, Psalms 125:4, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, 2 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 29:17, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Proverbs 2:21, Jeremiah 5:3, John 4:23, John 4:24, 2 Corinthians 1:12, James 4:8
inward: Psalms 5:9, 1 Samuel 16:7, Job 38:36, Luke 11:39, Romans 7:22
in the hidden: Job 32:8, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:40, 1 Peter 3:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 40:31 - washed Leviticus 1:9 - inwards Leviticus 7:3 - General 2 Samuel 22:24 - upright Job 28:12 - General Psalms 51:16 - desirest Psalms 62:4 - inwardly Proverbs 11:20 - upright Matthew 5:8 - are Matthew 23:28 - ye also John 3:10 - and knowest Romans 7:14 - the law Hebrews 5:9 - eternal
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts,.... With delight and pleasure, as the word d signifies: meaning either Christ, the truth and the life, formed and dwelling in the hearts of his people; or the Gospel, the word of truth, which has a place there; and particularly that branch of it which proclaims pardon to sensible sinners, and is the ground of hope within them: or else a true and hearty confession of sin, which David now made; or rather internal holiness and purity of heart, in opposition to the corruption of nature before acknowledged: this is what is agreeable to the nature of God, is required by his holy law, and is wrought in the hearts of his people in regeneration; and this is "truth", real, and not imaginary, genuine and unfeigned; where it is there is a true sense of sin, a right sight of Christ, unfeigned faith in him, sincere love to him, hope in him without hypocrisy, and a reverential fear of God upon the heart; the inward parts are the seat of all this, and in the exercise of it the Lord takes great delight and pleasure;
and in the hidden [part] thou shall make me to know wisdom; either Christ, the wisdom of God; or the Gospel, and particularly that part of it which concerns the pardon of sin; or a true knowledge of sin, and of the way of life and salvation by Christ, which is the truest and highest wisdom: and the phrase "hidden" or "secret" may either denote the nature of the wisdom made known, which is hidden wisdom, the wisdom of God in a mystery; or the manner in which it is made known; it is in a hidden way, privately, and secretly, and indiscernibly like the wind, by the Spirit and grace of God; or the seat and subject of it, "the hidden part", as we supply it; the hidden man of the heart. David begins to rise in the exercise of his faith in the grace of God, "thou shall make me to know", c. unless the words should be rendered as a prayer, as they are by some, "make me to know" e, c. and as are the following.
d חפצת "delectaris", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator "delectatus es", Cocceius so Ainsworth. e תודיעני "notam mihi fac", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts - The word rendered “desirest,” means to have pleasure in; to delight in; and the idea is that this only is agreeable to God, or this only accords with his own nature. The word rendered “inward parts,” means properly the reins, and is usually employed to denote the seat of the mind, the feelings, the intellect. Compare the notes at Job 38:36. The allusion is to the “soul;” and the idea is, that God could be satisfied with nothing “but” purity in the soul. The “connection” is this: David was deeply conscious of his own pollution; his deep, early, native depravity. This, in his own mind, he contrasted strongly with the nature of God, and with what God must require, and be pleased with. He “felt” that God could not approve of or love such a heart as his, so vile, so polluted, so corrupt; and he felt that it was necessary that he should have a pure heart in order to meet with the favor of a God so holy. But how was that to be obtained? His mind at once adverted to the fact that it could come only from God; and hence, the psalm now turns from confession to prayer. The psalmist pleads earnestly Psalms 51:7-10 that God “would” thus cleanse and purify his soul.
And in the hidden part - In the secret part; the heart; the depths of the soul. The cleansing was to begin in that which was hidden from the eye of man; in the soul itself. Wisdom, heavenly, saving wisdom, was to have its seat there; the cleansing needed was not any mere outward purification, it was the purification of the soul itself.
Thou shalt make me to know wisdom - Thou only canst enable me to understand what is truly wise. This wisdom, this cleansing, this knowledge of the way in which a guilty man can be restored to favor, can be imparted only by thee; and “thou wilt do it.” There is here, therefore, at the same time a recognition of the truth that this “must” come from God, and an act of faith, or a strong assurance that he “would” impart this.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 51:6. Behold, thou desirest truth — I am the very reverse of what I should be. Thou desirest truth in the heart; but in me there is nothing but sin and falsity.
Thou shalt make me to know wisdom. — Thou wilt teach me to restrain every inordinate propensity, and to act according to the dictates of sound wisdom, the rest of my life.
