Who appeared before david after he sinned with bathsheba?

Answer 1

Psalm 103 is traditionally attributed to David, but it does not mention Bathsheba or suggest that relationship. It is a psalm of joyous praise. Scholars say that the psalms are a genre that did not exist at the time of David, and that they were really written many centuries later, during and after the Babylonian Exile. On this evidence, David did not really write Psalm 103.

Answer 2

Pslam 51 was undoubtedly written during the dark years of the Babylonian Exile, centuries after the time of King David.

The exiled Jews believed that their condition was God's punishment for their sins, and much of Psalm 51 deals with repentance in the hope of a return (verse 14) to Judah. They also believed that they could not sacrifice to God in a foreign land, so verse 16 tells God that he does not desire a sacrifice but otherwise the author would offer one.

The psalm finishes with (verse 18) a plea to God to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (a plea that David would not have needed to make) and then (verse 19) a promise that he would then offer bullocks in sacrifice on the altar of the Temple.

Psalm 51 could not have been written by David, whose city walls were intact and who could make burnt offerings whenever he chose.

Answer 3

Yes King David did write Psalm 103.

Answer 4

Nathan the Prophet