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Psalm 51:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 51 · verse 8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.Psalm 51:8 · King James Version
Psalm 51:8 in context
6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- gladnesssimchâhblithesomeness or gleeH8057 →
- brokendâkâhto collapseH1794 →
- bonesʻetsema boneH6106 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- joysâsôwncheerfulnessH8342 →
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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