Read Psalm 51 at Bible Gateway.
1a) Psa 51:1-9, What the Lord desires when we sin: our truthful confession of wrongdoing + plea for mercy:
1a) Psa 51:1, Have mercy upon me, O God/ Blot out my transgressions;
1a) Psa 51:1a, Have mercy upon me, O God;
1b) Psa 51:1b, According to Your lovingkindness;
2b) Psa 51:1c, According to the multitude of Your tender mercies;
2a) Psa 51:1d, Blot out my transgressions;
1b) Psa 51:2a, Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity;
1c) Psa 51L2b, And cleanse me from my sin;
1d) Psa 51:3-4a, I acknowledge my transgressions/ Against You, You only, have I sinned; {n}
central axis) Psa 51:4b, That You may be found just when You speak + blameless when You judge;
2d) Psa 51:5-6, I was born in sin/ You desire truth in my inward man/ You will make me to know wisdom;
2c) Psa 51:7a, Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
2b) Psa 51:7b, Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow;
2a) Psa 51:8-9, Make me hear joy + gladness/ Hide Your face from my sins + blot out my iniquities.
1b) Psa 51:10-11, Create in me + renew in me a clean heart + a steadfast spirit/ Do not cast me away from Your presence + take away from me Your Holy Spirit;
1c) Psa 51:12a, Restore to me the joy of Your salvation;
1d) Psa 51:12b, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
central axis) Psa 51:13, Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You;
2d) Psa 51:14a, Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God;
2c) Psa 51:14b, The God of my salvation; {n}
2b) Psa 51:14c-15, My tongue + mouth shall sing + show forth Your righteousness + praise:
1a) Psa 51:14c, My tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness;
central axis) Psa 51:15a, O Lord, open my lips;
2a) Psa 51:15b, My mouth shall show forth Your praise.
2a) Psa 51:16-19, What the Lord does not desire when we sin: appeal to the sin sacrifice without a contrite heart:
1a) Psa 51:16-17, You do not desire + delight in sacrifice + burnt offering/sacrifices of God are a broken heart which You will not despise;
1a) Psa 51:16, For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering;
1b) Psa 51:17a, The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; {n}
2b) Psa 51:17b, A broken and a contrite heart—;
2a) Psa 51:17c, These, O God, You will not despise;
central axis) Psa 51:18, Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem;
2a) Psa 51:19, You shall be pleased with (You will not despise) the sacrifices of righteousness, burnt offering + whole burnt offering {n}/ Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar. {p}
The D pair surrounding the central axis: Uphold me by Your generous Spirit / Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God. The surrounding pairs force these together. While I was meditating on what it could mean, I remembered that Jesus equated the Holy Spirit with the Comforter. In Greek it is Parakletos, He who comes alongside to uphold, an Advocate. Your advocate goes with you before the judge to plead your case for acquital, or deliverance from guilt. God our Father is so amazing. Against Him, and Him only, have we sinned, and yet He has provided not only our Sin Sacrifice in Messiah Yeshua, but our Advocate to uphold our head and plead our case for us, so that we are delivered of the guilt of our sins. ♥
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