Psa 51:1-2, …HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O GOD, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my TRANSGRESSIONS. WASH ME THOROUGHLY FROM MY INIQUITY, AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN.
King David knows he is guilty before GOD and pleads for mercy from the LORD!
2Sa 12:9, WHY HAVE YOU DESPISED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, to do evil in HIS sight? YOU HAVE KILLED URIAH THE HITTITE WITH THE SWORD; YOU HAVE TAKEN HIS WIFE TO BE YOUR WIFE, AND HAVE KILLED HIM WITH THE SWORD OF THE PEOPLE OF AMMON.
David tried to make it look as if Uriah was killed by the people of Ammon, and the good king took his grieving wife to comfort her? Nothing can be further from the truth!
Psa 51:3, 6, FOR I ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRANSGRESSIONS, AND MY SIN IS ALWAYS BEFORE ME…. BEHOLD, YOU DESIRE TRUTH IN THE INWARD PARTS, AND IN THE HIDDEN PART YOU WILL MAKE ME TO KNOW WISDOM.
Man tries to cover his outward appearance before men, but the darkest thoughts of men is clearly visible to GOD! WE HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL INWARDLY AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY; FOR THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE HEART OF ALL MEN!
Luk 6:45, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKS.
Pro 4:23, Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Psa 51:10-11, CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD, AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME. DO NOT CAST ME AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENCE, AND DO NOT TAKE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.
Jer 17:9-10, “THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT? I, THE LORD, SEARCH THE HEART, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
Pro 20:9, Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?
WE HAVE TO BE HONEST TO OURSELVES AND NOT COVER ANYTHING UP FOR THAT IS USELESS, BECAUSE HE SEES ALL!