Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in secret You will make wisdom known to me. Psalm 51:6 NASB Truth – What is “truth”? Aren’t you inclined to say something like “correspondence to the facts,” “certainty,” or “what is acknowledged as reality”? That’s typical of the Western world. We think of “true” as something that…
Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB In guilt/ in sin – We’ve looked at this crucial verse several times. If you’re interested in how it was mis-used to justify a doctrine of original sin and sinful nature, then you may want to review the previous…
Indeed, I was born through iniquity; with sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 (David Lambert translation) Born– My goodness, what theological mileage has been fueled with this verse! Augustine told us that it confirmed the essential sinfulness of human beings. It is a standard proof-text for the doctrine of original sin. Others have tried to…
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB In iniquity – In Hebrew, hen-be-awwon comes first in the sentence. “Behold-in-iniquity” is the opening cry. English translations regularly transpose this forlorn sound of desperation by placing the verb before it, as if David is concerned with his…
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB Conceived – Have you ever felt as though everything in your life was just wrong? That somehow you got off track and life ended up just being one big mess? Have you ever felt as if you just…
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB Sin – We all know that Hebrew and Greek have many words for “love.” Both languages make distinctions that can’t be captured in a single English word. In order to understand what the Scripture says, we have to…
