An Exposition of the Fifty First Psalm

Martin Luther's Exposition of Psalm 51, translated into English by Henry Cole in 1858. Psalm 51 is David's penitential Psalm after having fallen deeply into sin, and Luther's exposition shows clearly how he himself had been brought to the same confessions and repentance as David, and knew that "the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart..."