Psalms 50:2
When Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bethsabee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- cum venit ad eum Nathan propheta, quando intravit ad Bethsabee.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς αὐτὸν Ναθὰν τὸν προφήτην, ἡνίκα εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς Βηρσάβεε.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 51:2
- בְּֽבוֹא אֵ֭לָיו נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֑יא כַּֽאֲשֶׁר בָּ֝֗א אֶל בַּת שָֽׁבַע
Haydock's commentary
Bethsabee. Septuagint, "Bersabee." Some copies add, "the wife of Urias." (Haydock)
The rest of the title is in Hebrew, &c., so that it is one of the most authentic. Nathan did not give the admonition till about a year had elapsed after the transgression, (2 Kings xii.) when David was made to enter into himself, by a prophet inferior to himself. (Berthier)
After his departure, he is supposed to have composed this psalm, to testify his repentance to all the world. (Calmet)
He had also in view the state of the captives. (Theodoret, &c.)
The two last verses seem to have been added at Babylon, (Abenezra) as a similar addition has been made (Psalm cv. 47., and 1 Paralipomenon xvi. 35.; Calmet) by some inspired author. (Haydock)
David knew that something more than confession was requisite, and that he must submit to temporal punishments, even though the prophet had assured him that his sin was remitted. He prays to be washed still more from evil habits, ver. 4. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.