Psalms 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 51

7 songs meet this passage

  • “Go easy on me, baby”

    Easy On Me · Adele

    resonates with Psalms 51:1

    Her plea for mercy despite her own failures echoes David's appeal to compassion rather than merit.

  • “So let mercy come and wash away”

    What I've Done · LINKIN PARK

    resonates with Psalms 51:1-2

    David's plea for God to blot out his transgressions mirrors this cry for mercy to wash away guilt, though here the source of that mercy is left undefined.

  • “I wish I was fed forgiveness”

    DNA. · Kendrick Lamar

    resonates with Psalms 51:1-2

    A sudden, vulnerable cry for mercy amid the boasting, much like David's plea after acknowledging his own wreckage.

  • “Can you spare any mercy that you might find”

    Daylight · David Kushner

    resonates with Psalms 51:1-2

    This plea mirrors David's own cry for mercy amid full awareness of his guilt, a posture of repentance without denial.

  • “Lord, I know I ain't perfect, but I'm willin”

    Cortisol · Scrim

    resonates with Psalms 51:1-3

    David's confession of imperfection paired with a plea for mercy mirrors this admission of brokenness offered honestly to God.

  • “Have mercy on me, Lord”

    wait in the truck (feat. Lainey Wilson) [Apple Music Sessions] · HARDY

    resonates with Psalms 51:1-3

    Like David after his own violent sin, the narrator doesn't ask to be let off the hook but cries out for mercy, aware of what he carries.

  • Dance With The Devil · Immoral Technique

    strains against Psalms 51:1-3

    Unlike David's cry for mercy after sin, the song's ending offers no repentance, only despair and suicide, leaving the moral weight unresolved.

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