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Psalm 51:12-14 KJV

Psalms · chapter 51 · verses 12–14

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.Psalm 51:12-14 · King James Version

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Psalm 51:12-14 in context

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.

15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

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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)

bloodguiltinessdâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
transgressorspâshaʻto break awayH6586 →
salvationyeshaʻliberty, deliverance, prosperityH3468 →
salvationtᵉshûwʻâhrescueH8668 →
Restoreshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
sinnerschaṭṭâʼa criminal, or one accounted guiltyH2400 →
Delivernâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
upholdçâmakto propH5564 →

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