Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Mazmur 51:9

והטהרו, “and become ritually clean!” The verse teaches us that sin itself is called ritual impurity. We have a similar verse in Ezekiel 20,7 where the prophet warns his compatriots ובגלולי מצרים אל תטמאו, “and do not defile yourselves by committing the kind of sins committed by the Egyptians.” On the other hand, anyone who abandons sin is described as ritually pure, as we know from Leviticus 16,30 מכל חטאתיכם לפני ה’ תטהרו, “you will become cleansed (ritually pure) from all your sins against G’d.” Another verse expressing a similar sentiment is found in Joshua 22,17 המעט לנו את עון פעור אשר לא הטהרנו ממנו, “is it perhaps not enough to have committed the sin of Pe-or from which we have not yet been cleansed (completely)?” King David also mentioned such a thought when he said (Psalms 51,9) “Remove my sin by means of hyssop until I am pure.” In verse 4 of the same psalm he said: ”wash me thoroughly of my iniquity so that I may be purified from my sin.”

bis ihr Haupt grau wird. Die ed. princ. liest עד שתלבין, eigentlich bis sie ihr Haupt weiss werden lässt; zu dieser persönlichen Construction des Hiphil vgl. החשיך = dunkel werden lassen, Sab. XXIII, 3, 4; XXIV, 1. Erub. IV, 10. Der babyl. Talmud, ed. Lowe und Ms. Or. 567 lesen עד שילבין = bis weiss wird, vgl. Jes. 1, 18; Ps. 51, 9. — Nach Maimon, bedeutet dieser Ausdruck: sie wartet, bis ihr Vater sein Versprechen hält.

The kohen who purges denotes the one who dashes the blood — i.e., the one who purges the sinner of his sin. Many commentators have translated this verb in the sense of “to wash”, or “to render ritually pure” (as in, “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be purified” [Psalms 51:9]).