Psalm 51

In lieu of a longer post that I'm working on, I thought I'd share some quick impressions of Psalm 51.

To begin, I love this verse:

"Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, / and cleanse me from my sin" (Psalms 51.2)

I just love the idea of this verse. David is basically asking the Lord to cleanse him of all of him that he believes to be abhorrent in himself. I love it when a character admits that he has flaws and wishes to change.

Moving into another line I liked:

"Indeed, I was born guilty," (Psalms 51.5)''

I have a feeling this is going to come into play later, but I love me some religious guilt.

But then it kind of devolves at the end into a bunch of gobbledygook about burnt offerings. Oh well.