Psalms 51:13

“[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways, etc.] David was a prophet as well as a king; (see <440230>Acts 2:30); and taught men the fear of the Lord, (<193411>Psalm 34:11), and instructed them in his ways, as he here promises he would; by which are meant, either the ways which God prescribes and directs men to walk in, as the paths of faith, holiness, and truth, and the ways of his commandments; or which he himself has walked in; meaning not the ways of his providence, which are sometimes past finding out; but the ways of his grace, the steps and methods he has taken in the salvation of men, by forming the scheme of it, by choosing unto it, by making a covenant with his Son, and appointing…”

“Then--Such will be the effect of this gracious work. ways--of providence and human duty (Psa 18:21, Psa 18:30; Psa 32:8; Luk 22:32).”

“Then will I teach transgressors thy ways - As an expression of gratitude, and as the result of his own painful experience. He would show them, from that experience, the evil and the bitterness of sin in itself; he would show them with what dreadful consequences sin must always be followed; he would show them the nature of true repentance; he would show them what was required in order that sin might be forgiven; he would encourage them to come to that God who had forgiven him. So the Saviour charged Peter, from his own bitter experience in having fallen under the power of temptation, to strengthen and encourage those who were struggling with the depravity of their own hearts, and who were in…”

“51:13 As he learns from his sin and its consequences, the psalmist wants to teach others.”

“Then: Psa 32:5, Psa 32:8-10; Zac 3:1-8; Luk 22:32; Joh 21:15-17; Act 2:38-41, Act 9:19-22; Co2 5:8-20 ways: Psa 25:4, Psa 25:8; Isa 2:3; Act 13:10 converted: Psa 19:7; Isa 6:10; Jer 31:18; Mat 18:3; Act 3:19, Act 15:3, Act 26:18-20; Jam 5:19, Jam 5:20 Psalms 51:14”