Psalm 51:7

Translations

Modern

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Traditional

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Literal

Cleanse my sin with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Latin

Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.

Original

Hebrew

English

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Notes

Psalms 51:7

Purify me with hyssop (literally Purify me with the hyssop branch; see Exodus 12:22; Leviticus 14:4; John 19:29; Hebrews 9:19): The psalmist relies on God to cleanse and renew him (see Isaiah 1:18).

Psalms 51:1–19

This heartfelt prayer for restoration seeks God's favor, mercy, forgiveness, and cleansing. With a broken spirit, the psalmist admits his sin and takes responsibility (Psalm 51:3–6). He then asks God to remove his guilt and renew him internally (Psalm 51:7–12). The psalmist commits again to living wisely and joyfully while serving God and others (Psalm 51:13–17).

Psalms 51:1–65:13

These psalms of David share a common theme. They reflect on the experience of evil. In Psalm 51, the psalmist admits his wrongdoing and asks for God's forgiveness. Psalms 52–64 express sorrow over specific evils David faced. A song of praise (Psalm 65) brings David's laments to an end.

Theme notes and profiles

Bathsheba David Atonement Clean, Unclean, and Holy Pure Worship

Related verses

1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Hebrews 9:13–14
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
Numbers 19:18–20
Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
Hebrews 9:19
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
Revelation 1:5
…and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
Exodus 12:22
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
Ephesians 5:26–27
…to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
Revelation 7:13–14
Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”
Leviticus 14:49–52
He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;
Leviticus 14:4–7
…the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

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