Psalms 50, 51

David’s masterpiece of a song is Ps. 51. It is his thank offering and testimony to God for the life-saving mercy he received after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba. He was fortunate that God didn’t rip away the kingship and abolish him from Jerusalem. Because he found God’s forgiveness and restoration through this trial, God’s mercy became a prominent theme in David’s life. David called this healing arm of God the “Sure Mercies.”

All of us have sinned and fallen short. We are likewise fortunate that God doesn’t zap us when we fall. The Proverbs say that a just man falls seven times and rises up again. The man that rises up is a better man than the one that fell.