Psalms 51:11

Cast me not away from thy presence,.... As abominable; as a vessel in which he had no pleasure; with indignation and wrath; as one that is angry with another, cannot bear him in his sight, but bids…

Cast me not away from thy presence - That is, Do not reject me, or cast me off entirely; do not abandon me; do not leave me in my sin and sorrow. The language is derived from the idea that true…

I. See here what David prays for. Many excellent petitions he here puts up, to which if we do but add, "for Christ's sake," they are as evangelical as any other.

1. He prays that God would cleanse him…

The upright "behold God's face" (Psa 11:7): He admits them to His presence for ever (Psa 41:12). The spirit of Jehovah came upon David, as it departed from Saul (1Sa 16:13-14). Did David fear that he…