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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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thou shalt make, etc.—may be taken to express God's gracious purpose in view of His strict requisition; a purpose of which David might have availed himself as a check to his native love for sin, and, in not doing so, aggravated his guilt.

truth . . . and . . .wisdom—are terms often used for piety (compare Job 28:28; Psalms 119:30).

Psalms 51:5-6

His guilt was aggravated by his essential, native sinfulness, which is as contrary to God's requisitions of inward purity as are outward sins to those for right conduct.

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