Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 51:10
10God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalms 51:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- New International Version (NIV)Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Context of Psalms 51:10
8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. 9Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt. God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11Do not banish me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit.
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לֵ֣ב טָ֭הוֹר בְּרָא־לִ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ נָ֝כ֗וֹן חַדֵּ֥שׁ בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 51:10
- 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
- Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
- Psalms 73:1God is indeed good to Israel, to the pure in heart.
- Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
- Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, your depraved prostitution on the hills, in the fields — I have seen your abhorrent acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You are unclean — for how long yet?
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them integrity of heart and action so that they will fear me always, for their good and for the good of their descendants after them.
- Ezekiel 11:19I will give them integrity of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,
- Ezekiel 18:31Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
- 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly,
- Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- Ephesians 4:22to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires,
- Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.
- Psalms 78:8Then they would not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not loyal and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Commentaries on Psalms 51:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Create in me a clean heart - Mending will not avail; my heart is altogether corrupted; it must be new made, made as it was in the beginning. This is exactly the sentiment of St. Paul: Neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation; and the salvation given under the Gospel dispensation is called a being created anew in Christ Jesus. A right spirit within me - נכון רוח ruach nachon, a constant, steady, determined spirit…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God - The word rendered “create,” ברא berâ' - is a word which is properly employed to denote an act of “creation;” that is, of causing something to exist where there was nothing before. It is the word which is used in Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God “created” the heaven and the earth,” and which is commonly used to express the act of creation. It is used “here” evidently in the sense of causing that to exist which did not…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a lively faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop. The blood of Christ is called the blood of sprinkling, He 12:24. If this blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, cleanse us from our sin, then we shall be clean indeed, He 10:2. He asks not to be comforted, till he is first cleansed; if sin, the bitter root of sorrow, be taken away, he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10A loyal spirit produces inner strength. It helps a person remain faithful and continue even during difficulty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying. Purge ... hyssop--The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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