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4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned{H8804)}, and done{H8804)} this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified{H8799)} when thou speakest{H8800)}, and be clear{H8799)} when thou judgest{H8800)}.
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And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. …
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)The title has reference to a very sad story, that of David’s fall. But, though he fell, he was not utterly cast down, for God graciously upheld him and raised him up. 1. The sin which, in this psalm, he laments, was the folly and wickedness he committed with his neighbour’s wife, a sin not to be spoken of, nor thought of, without detestation. His debauching of Bathsheba was the inlet to all the ot…
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