14. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness. He had been the means of the death of Uriah, and he now confesses that fact. Besides, his sin of adultery was a capital offense, and he put himself down as one worthy to die. Honest penitents do not fetch a compass and confess their sins in an elegant periphrasis, but they come to the point, call a spade a spade and make a clean breast of all. O God, thou God of my salvation. He had not ventured to come so near before. It had been O God up till now, but here he cries Thou God of my salvation. Faith grows by the exercise of prayer. He confesses sin more plainly in this verse than before, and yet he deals with God more confidently. None but the King can remit the death penalty; it is therefore a joy to faith that God is King, and that he is the author and finisher of our salvation. And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. David can see the divine way of justification, that righteousness of God which Paul afterwards spoke of by which the ungodly are justified, and he vows to sing lustily of that righteous way of mercy. It is the righteousness of divine mercy which is its greatest wonder. David would preach, and now he will sing. If we could be preacher, head, doorkeeper, pew-opener, foot-washer and all in one, all would be too little to show our gratitude. We shall not sing our own praises if we are saved, but our theme will be the Lord our righteousness, in whose merits we stand righteously accepted.
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