[1] W.H. Griffith Thomas, Genesis: A Devotional Commentary. pg. 380.

[2] Ibid. pp. 383, 384.

3 All Scripture citations in this study are taken from the King James Version.

[4] John Calvin, Harmony of the Gospels, Vol. I, pg. 181.

[5] D. A. Carson, Expositor's Bible Commentary, Vol. VIII, pg. 146.

[6] The other "penitential psalms" are Psalms 6, 32, 51, 102, 130, 143.

[7] William Plumer, Studies in the Book of Psalms, pg. 466.

[8] David Dickson, A Commentary on the Psalms, pg. 210.

[9] C. H. Spurgeon, A Treasury of David, Vol. II, pg. 200.

[10] Ibid., pg. 201.

[11] Dickson, op. cit., pg. 215.