Remorse

Psalms 51:1 – 51:9 (commentary)

This Psalm was written by David sometime after his great sin with Bathsheba and his murder of Uriah (II Samuel 11:3-4). Some Bible scholars think it was about one year after this fateful event that Nathan came to David with his story about a poor man’s lamb that was stolen by a r …

The Remorse of the Israelites - Judges 21:1 – 21:12 (commentary)

A spirit of reconciliation set in almost as soon as the war ended. In the heat of conflict Israel had made a rash vow that she would never again permit inter-marriage with Benjamin (v. 1). If strictly observed this would have eliminated this tribe. With the Israelites a vow once …