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Continuing with our sermon series through the Psalter, that is through the book of

Psalms in the Bible. Last Lord's Day, we began preaching through Psalm 51. This is David's

confession. It models a descriptive text of David's repentance, and this particular Psalm is unique

in the sense that its historical origin is

pinpointed.

We know the context, we know the reasoning behind the writing of this particular Psalm.

This is right after David committed the egregious sin of murdering Uriah and adultery with Uriah's wife Bathsheba.

And David confesses his sin to the Lord and very profoundly deep agonizing terms in Psalm 51.

Again, last Lord's Day, we began Psalm 51. We focused on the first five

verses. Today, Lord willing, we're going to focus on verses 8 through 17. So we're doing this in two

parts. We'll finish Psalm 51 today, focusing our attention on verses 8 through 17. By way of introduction, I've written this.

Psalm 51 is another Psalm that is pinpointed as to its historical origin. The heading of the

psalm states this to the choir master, a Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him

after he had gone into Bashiba.

Uriah was murdered, his wife Bishiba was defiled, and her baby, because David and Bashiba conceived, the baby was sentenced by God to die.

The baby only lived for seven days.

It was one of the consequences, the earthly consequences for David's sin.

The Lord determined that the child should die. All that is outlined in 2 Samuel chapter 11. And yet, what is so peculiar that the mystery

of God's grace and mercy is that the prophet Nathan, when he goes in to confront David, the prophet

Nathan says to him,

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