Have Mercy On Me, O God

"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions."
(Psalm 51:1)

Three times of the mystery of this redemption than David did:  “Have mercy,”  “according to your unfailing love,” and  “according to your great compassion.” This is what God had promised in Exodus 34:6–7:

"And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord , the Lord , the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

David knew that there were guilty who would not be forgiven. And there were guilty who by some mysterious work of redemption would not be counted as guilty, but would be forgiven. Psalm 51 is his way of laying hold on that mystery of mercy.  We know more of the mystery of this redemption than David did. We know Christ. But we lay hold of the mercy in the same way he did.  The first thing he does is turn helpless to the mercy and love of God. Today that means turning helpless to Christ. Praise the Lord, God bless