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for the backsl!dden. OF which they may
well take heed 1t has also been called the
9Penitents' Psnlm,n as indicating the ac-
ceptabie method OF approach 90 GOO. it 10
for all OF us the Sinners Psalm. and there
IS no redeemed child OF God who does not
find a chord OF his soul here touched and
made TO sound It's note IL Is not so much
OF sin that We read as OF CONSTITUENCIES 70
sin. 1t was this that saved David. this
and PROSTATE prayer. What but this can
lead TO salvation to-dayr
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS
Have mercy. First meaning, incline To-
wards, pity.-Loving kindness. WORD
also signifying. originally. TO bond toward.
His dependence Is on Gods goodness
Tender mcrcies. One word, tenderness
QIebrow; bowels. Blot out Literally.
wipe out OF smear over. as In erasing from
wax. The same word Is translated wipe In
the strong passage regarding Jerusalem's
destruction at Kings 81 ID
Wash me. First meaning. TO tread. as In
trampling clothes In the tub with the feet
Thoroughly. Multiply TO wash. G..
go on washing, or as the Douay happily
puts it. "wash me yet more. n-Cleanse.
The strongest word yet used. Literally,
made bright or shining. as 1t were, by
securing. The word for ritual purifying.
Sin. Distinguishable from the other
words as by kind of climax. thus: strains
erosion" (rebellion), "iniquity" (perverse-
acknowledge. Nero accurately. l dis
Germ So agreeing with the rest OF the
verse. The pronoun l is emphatic. -
Ever before me or in front OF me.
Thee only. Literally In separation, O.
by ones self. as II he and God were aloRe In
the universe. This evil. Omit this
The emphasis Is on this. In thy sight
literally. in thy eyes. Dcuay: before thee.
Revision: that which is evil --Mightest
be justified when thou speaketh Rather,
highest Justify (HipheD. J. G.. have right
to justify by his decisions the doctrine or
Justification by grace through faith, ~
Be clear when thou judgest hiphel
again. Leave off the be, so reading that
thou highest clear when thou judgest
The same doctrine OF justification taught
in the sentence above. We make these
suggestions with difidence, but In fidelity
to the Hebrew text.
Shapen in inlquity. An allied meaning
is begun in iniquity. The two parts OF the
sentence re-echo the same thought OF he
redlty In sin
Behold. Tho two behold clauses balance
each other, !. e., though shapen In iniquity'
yet God desires truth within.-Ihou de-
sirest, or WHILST 1t is Gods pleasure and
ReRaStAasee l these siatsa h Sar fhe
cloister OF the soul where every man meets
God. There is much TO favor Jerome's ar
rangement so given In the Douay here.
closing the first part of the sentence with
the word truth. and connecting both ain
ward parts" and "hidden part with the last
verb
Purge Originally the word for sin. used
at v. above. Secondary meaning. to bear
sin for one. hence, ~ atone, TO purify, a
ceremonial term -Hyssop. A plant used
in ceremonial sprinklings. Elk. 10: 22. The
reference Is to the blood OF redemption.
Gods part. and not to the water of bap-
tism, the acknowledgment OF such cleans
fnU nnf - mt Go mn nF6 mo-
at v. 2 Cleanse. Same word as
In v. 2. Gods sanctIfying.
Bones which thou hast broken, l. e., in
humiliation.-Mayr rejoice The word for
exultant JOY, whirl, or circle In Joy. Only
the BUNDLED know this experience of ex-
altation.
Create. A strong word, suggestive OF
Gods sovereignty In conversion and sane
tifca Same word as v. z.
-Renew. To make new.-A right
spirit; or steadfast spirit, from the word 10
stand or TO be established.
Cast me not away. Implying that he had
rightly forfeited Gods love.-Thy pres
ence. Hebrew: from before thy face
I AXE not thy Holy Spirit. He who can
take away can give. and he alone. The
not In both cases is emphatic.
Restore. Hebrew, turn or turn back; to
with is added. Literally, a ready spirit
maintain me.
Then. Not in the Hebrew. Why add It?
Teach, or make TO learn; 1. G., by his
commissioners, /. e., other sinners
like himself
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
My sin is ever before me- Yes. but IL is
behind Gods back Before us. In a sense,
IL still Is, because In penitence we look
toward God, and back of him is our sin.
Back of him. and out of sight TO the true
believer. As David In humble confession
views his wrett he SHINING and calls upon
God, presently there stands between him
and that sin an obscuring vision, a form,
marred, yet prevailing, aud now We hear
him saying. almost exultantiy. "The sacri-
fees of God are broken spirit broken
and a contrlte heart. o God, thou wilt not
despise.n The same mercy that avails to-
day awaited for King David. The image OF
on this side the cross showed. the sam
lineaments of love and I, rgiveness. From
the first, where sin abounded, grace did
much more abound Looking toward my
sin. i behold an Intervening, interceding
Savior
Purge me with hyssop. The appeal is to
God, not to any priest Only God can
purge from sin. only He can cleanse aud re-
new. 1t Is Christ's blood and regeneration
through Hin that is intimated here. And
what about baptism? II this mean bap-
tism, then II means also In tismal regener-
alton. buJ DuDJlsm is NOT OF re-
newal. 1t Is the answer of good con-
science toward God, mans voluntary ie-
Spouse to G. DIS regenerative work and his
acceptance and declaration thereof. Right
here the Baptist consistently parts COM
pan with the Catholic view and all PRdo-
baptist standings of Cathol C belief that lie
between. The preacher is not a priest i'm
parting something. He is as moth ng COM
pared with God who Fegt nerates and the
soul which acc epts and announces that re-
generation. The cry of John the Baptist is
the cry OF all his brethren since, ale must
in 'rcase, but must decrease
Then will teach transgressors thy ways.
Let us leave IL as first written. the simple
declaration that he will teach trans
gressors the ways OF God. It was not nee
essarv that he should be restored to Joy or
acceptance before he could teach the
righteousness of Jehovah. He was teach
ing Gods ways all the time. His very dis
tresses under sin were testimony to the
truth of Coils word; every mans life Is "A
witness 10 heav ms righteous law. We are
too much dispose to accent the then AS
10 one much wait for i,y before no can tell
the truth How about Jeremiah: how
about John the Baptist? There Is n blessed
truth which only they who have the Joy OF
the Lord can emphasize; but surely Gods
ways with transgressors find larger in
timation.
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