The Bible says that David was a man after God's own heart. It also teaches us that David's only sin was in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings 15:5 (5) Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Gary wrote:
myth (e.g., Psa 32:: Of David: ..I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"..)
David Miller wrote:
Sorry, Gary, but no myth here. Read the whole passage. Abbreviation gets you into trouble.
Psalms 32:5-6 (5) I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. (6) For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Gary wrote:
it's myth: KDavid's word 'trangressions' is plural
Oh, so the concept of "myth" has to do with my not using the plural word transgressions? It seems to me that we are wrangling over semantics and definition of words. My use of the word "sin" does not in any way imply that there were not multiple transgressions involved with the matter of Uriah. I'm sorry if I gave you that impression. There was both adultery and murder involved, as well as other transgressions. Please note that in the passage you quote from Psalm 32, even King David used "sin" in the singular and "transgressions" in the plural in the same verse (v. 5). If you call my statement "myth," wouldn't you also be calling his statement "myth"?
I like what Keil and Delitzsch have to say about Psalm 32:
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... Ps 31 is a prayer under circumstances of outward distress, and Psa_32:1-11 is a didactic Psalm, concerning the way of penitence which leads to the forgiveness of sins; it is the second of the seven Psalmi paenitentiales of the church, and Augustine's favourite Psalm. We might take Augustine's words as its motto: intelligentia prima est ut te noris peccatorem. The poet bases it upon his own personal experience, and then applies the general teaching which he deduces from it, to each individual in the church of God. For a whole year after his adultery David was like one under sentence of condemnation. In the midst of this fearful anguish of soul he composed Ps 51, whereas Psa_32:1-11 was composed after his deliverance from this state of mind. The former was written in the very midst of the penitential struggle; the latter after he had recovered his inward peace. The theme of this Psalm is the precious treasure which he brought up out of that abyss of spiritual distress, viz., the doctrine of the blessedness of forgiveness, the sincere and unreserved confession of sin as the way to it, and the protection of God in every danger, together with joy in God, as its fruits.
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I would like to add also that the concept of being godly does not just mean to stop sinning. If a person finds himself in sin, there is a right way and a wrong way to respond to that situation. The man who humbles himself and confesses his sin and repents will find forgiveness. In other words, David's response to his transgressions in the matter of Uriah instructs us how a man after God's own heart responds to sin and finds forgiveness and the remission of sins. We might loosely say that David's response to sin here is a "godly" response. The wicked response is to hide sin and pretend there is not a problem. The wicked response is to think that sin no longer matters to God and that God expects that everyone will continue to sin no matter what he does. Let us all depart from iniquity and find satisfaction in godliness. That is the message that I hear from poet-musician David.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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