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1A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
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Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, …
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: …
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)This psalm is entitled Maschil , which some take to be only the name of the tune to which it was set and was to be sung. But others think it is significant; our margin reads it, A psalm of David giving instruction , and there is nothing in which we have more need of instruction than in the nature of true blessedness, wherein it consists and the way that leads to it—what we must do that we may be h…
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