Psalms 51:1 meaning and explanation
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 51:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The heading places this psalm in the story of 2 Samuel 11 and 12, when the prophet Nathan confronted David after his adultery with Bathsheba and his arranging of Uriah's death. David, the king, speaks as a guilty man with no defense.
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