Psalm 51:7
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- 17 The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
- 18 Heb “cleanse me with hyssop.” “Hyssop” was a small plant (see 1 Kgs 4:33) used to apply water (or blood) in purification rites (see Exod 12:22; Lev 14:4–6, 49–52; Num 19:6–18. The psalmist uses the language and imagery of such rites to describe spiritual cleansing through forgiveness.
- 19 After the preceding imperfect, the imperfect with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates result.
- 20 The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
- 21 I will be whiter than snow. Whiteness here symbolizes the moral purity resulting from forgiveness (see Isa 1:18).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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