This psalm’s message is the relieved and happy state of the forgiveness of sin. Verse 5 is the focal. David acknowledged his sin to God. God forgave him. He was delighted and told everyone. This has been, is, and will be the true action-reaction for everyone. Romans 10:9-11 states the same, “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, ‘Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.'”
The Hebrew verbs translated as “forgave” are “nasa” and “nacah” which literally means “bear”, “take away”, “carry away”, and “lift”. Apostle Paul wrote, “And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: ‘The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.'” (Romans 11:26-27) The Apostle John wrote, “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.” (1 John 3:4-6)
Many years ago I confessed my sin and asked the Lord Jesus to take away my sin. I experienced something I had not known, the forgiveness of sin, the birth of my spirit. Oh, what a joyous and pleasant state. I will never forget what he has done. I tell others.
