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The Prayer of a Broken Heart: Being an Exposition of the Fifty-first Psalm is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this in-depth exploration of the fifty-first Psalm, Robert S. Candlish divides the psalm into four parts: the confession of sin, the supplication for full cleansing, its purpose of reparation, and its present sacrifice and final prospect.

when thou judgest.” In this “godly sorrow, working repentance unto salvation not to be repented of,”—there is throughout an eye toward God. For it is only in that way that it can be godly. And the reference to God is threefold—(I.) He is the offended party; “against thee, thee only, have I sinned.” It is to thee that I have given offence. (II.) He is the measurer of the offence; he alone sees and estimates its real import and amount; “I have done this evil in thy sight.” Thou alone takest notice
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