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Psalm 51:14
ESV Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
NIV Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
NASB Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
CSB Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God -- God of my salvation -- and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
NLT Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
KJV Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

What does Psalm 51:14 mean?

David asks the Lord to deliver him from "bloodguiltiness:" a fancy term for murder. David felt he had Uriah's blood on his hands. Although David had committed adultery and murder, he still belonged to God. He calls Him the God of his salvation. The fact that David felt so guilty about his sin and confessed it shows that he still belonged to God.

Can God forgive even a murderer? The repentant thief on the cross was an insurrectionist who may have committed murder, but when he urged Jesus to remember him in His kingdom, Jesus promised, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:39–43). Also, God saved Saul of Tarsus, who consented to Stephen's martyrdom,(Acts 7:58; 8:1). In Galatians 1:13, the apostle Paul, formerly that same Saul of Tarsus, admitted he had "persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it." Nevertheless, God saved him (Galatians 1:15–16).

Here in this verse, David promises to celebrate forgiveness by singing aloud about God's righteousness. We, too, should celebrate the grace that brings forgiveness by singing loudly about God's righteousness.
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