Psalms 51:9 meaning and explanation
Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
Psalms 51:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The psalm's heading places David after Nathan confronted him over Bathsheba, and in this verse he asks God to look away from his sins rather than at them. "Hide Your face" echoes the language of turning away, but here it is mercy: David wants God's gaze averted from his guilt, not from himself.
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