TEHILLIM 51

1 (For the one directing. Mizmor Dovid.
2 When Natan HaNavi confronted him after he went into Bat-Sheva) 1
Notes
+ 2Sm 11:2
3 Have mercy upon me, O Elohim, according to Thy chesed; according unto the multitude of Thy rachamim blot out my peysha'im (transgressions, rebellions).
4 Wash me thoroughly from mine avon (iniquity), and cleanse me from my chattat (sin).
5 For I acknowledge my peysha'im (transgressions, rebellions); and my chattat (sin) is ever before me.
6 Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done the rah in Thy sight; that Thou mightest be found just when Thou speakest, and be blameless when Thou judgest.
7 Surely, I was brought forth in avon; and in chet did immi conceive me. 1
Notes
+ i.e., I was a sinner from conception
8 Surely Thou desirest emes in the inward parts; and in the inmost place Thou shalt make me to know chochmah.
9 Purge me with ezov (hyssop), and I shall be tahor; wash me, and I shall be whiter than sheleg (snow).
10 Make me to hear sasson and simchah; that the atzmot which Thou hast broken may rejoice.
11 Hide Thy face from my chatta'im, and blot out all mine avonot.
12 Bara in me a lev tahor, O Elohim; and renew a ruach nekhon (steadfast spirit) within me. 2
Notes
+ Gn 1:1
+ i.e., regeneration Ezek 36:26; Yn 3:3,6
13 Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy Ruach Hakodesh from me.
14 Restore unto me the sasson of Thy salvation; and uphold me with a ruach nedivah (a willing spirit). 1
Notes
+ See Jer 31:31-34
15 Then will I teach poshe'im (transgressors) Thy drakhim; and chatta'im (sinners) shall be converted unto Thee. 1
Notes
+ have a spiritual turnaround; see Isa 6:10
16 Save me from damim (bloodguiltiness), O Elohim, Thou Elohei Teshuati; and my leshon shall sing aloud of Thy tzedakah.
17 Adonoi, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy tehillah (praise).
18 For Thou desirest not zevach (sacrifice); else would I give it; Thou delightest not in olah (burnt offering).
19 The zivkhei Elohim are a ruach nishbarah (broken spirit); a broken and contrite lev, O Elohim, Thou wilt not despise.
20 Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Tziyon; build Thou the chomot Yerushalayim.
21 Then shalt Thou be pleased with zivkhei tzedek (true sacrifices, sacrifices of righteousness), with olah (burnt offering) and whole burnt offering; then shall they offer parim (bulls) upon Thine Mizbe'ach. 1
Notes
+ T.N. This Psalm, Ps 51, teaches the doctrine of Chet Kadmon from which comes the seminal corrupting human condition necessitating hitkhadshut for all fallen Bnei Adam
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