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Psalm 51:10-12 KJV

Psalms · chapter 51 · verses 10–12

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. ¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. ¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.Psalm 51:10-12 · King James Version

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Psalm 51:10-12 in context

8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

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Commentary

I. See here what David prays for. Many excellent petitions he here puts up, to which if we do but add, "for Christ's sake," they are as evangelical as any other. 1. He prays that God would cleanse him from his sins and the defilement he had contracted by them (Psa 51:7): "Purge me with hyssop;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

salvationyeshaʻliberty, deliverance, prosperityH3468 →
presencepânîymthe faceH6440 →
Restoreshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
Createbârâʼto createH1254 →
spiritrûwachwindH7307 →
upholdçâmakto propH5564 →
cleanṭâhôwrpureH2889 →
heartlêbthe heartH3820 →

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