Psalm 51

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Psalm 51 is a biblical penitential psalm traditionally attributed to King David, expressing profound repentance and a plea for divine mercy after his sin with Bathsheba.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Psalm 51 canonical 3
Psaume de pénitence 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical psalm ⓘ
penitential psalm ⓘ
prayer of repentance ⓘ
addressedTo God ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Miserere ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical scripture in Christianity ⓘ
canonical scripture in Judaism ⓘ
commonlySetToMusicBy Gregorio Allegri ⓘ
containsVerse Psalm 51:1 ⓘ
Psalm 51:10 ⓘ
Psalm 51:17 ⓘ
expresses awareness of personal guilt ⓘ
trust in God’s steadfast love ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasLatinTitle Miserere mei Deus ⓘ
linked to: Miserere
hasNumber 51 ⓘ
hasOpeningWords Have mercy upon me, O God ⓘ
hasTheme confession of sin ⓘ
divine mercy ⓘ
inner renewal ⓘ
purification ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
restoration ⓘ
hasTraditionalAuthor King David ⓘ
includedIn Masoretic Text ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
influenced Christian doctrines of repentance ⓘ
liturgical music ⓘ
keyVerse Create in me a clean heart, O God ⓘ
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ⓘ
languageOfOriginalText Hebrew ⓘ
literaryForm individual lament ⓘ
liturgicalUse Catholic liturgy ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
Orthodox Christian liturgy ⓘ
Protestant worship ⓘ
mentions Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
occasionTraditionallyLinkedTo David’s sin with Bathsheba ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
requests cleansing from sin ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
renewed spirit ⓘ
restored joy of salvation ⓘ
usedDuring Ash Wednesday ⓘ
Lent ⓘ
penitential services ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miserere (Lully) → textSource → Psalm 51 ⓘ
subject linked to: Miserere
Miserere → basedOn → Psalm 51 ⓘ
Le Roi David → notableAriaOrSection → Psaume de pénitence ⓘ
linked to: Psalm 51