David's Repentance in Psalm 51

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David sees Bathsheba being faithful to God and tries to force Uriah out of faithfulness. He says, I'm going back to war, harem warfare is a form of worship in the ancient mindset. If he had appealed to any court in Israel, he would have been executed because he has broken the law. So what he does, there's no mention of the law. Not one mention in Psalm 51,. Instead he prayed, God be merciful to me, forgive me.

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