then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Nathan's rebuke roused David from a spiritual torpor into which he had sunk for a long time. Seeing the magnitude of his guilt, he turns to God's infinite mercy as his only ground for hope, knowing he deserves multiplied condemnation and might justly be cast off forever.
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Commenting on Psalm 51:1-19
When a soul is reconciled to God, the whole church rises in thanksgiving, and the richest offerings flow to His altar. We bring Him not our pittance but our best, our bullocks, and in these last days we wait for when His people, seized with unspeakable joy, shall present gifts that will dwarf the sacrifices of old. Lord, hasten it.
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David had hidden behind the excuse that he did not strike the blow himself, but now conscience cries out: he is the murderer. He hears the blood calling to God for vengeance and turns to plead for mercy. His tongue shall then sing loudly of God's righteousness, for that is the salvation the Lord brings, deliverance from sin itself.
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Commenting on Psalm 51:14-19