Psalms 51:11

Psalms 51:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Context of Psalms 51:11

9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not the spirit of thy holiness from me. 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me. 13I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee.

Psalms 51:11 word by word

אַל־תַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥נִי מִלְּפָנֶ֑יךָ וְר֥וּחַ קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ אַל־תִּקַּ֥ח מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

• presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Psalms 51:11

• Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
• Genesis 4:14Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, [that] every one who finds me will slay me.
• 2 Kings 13:23And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time.
• 2 Kings 17:18Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.
• 2 Kings 23:27And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:9who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
• Genesis 6:3And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
• Judges 13:25And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him at Mahaneh-Dan, between Zoreah and Eshtaol.
• Judges 15:14When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became as threads of flax that are burned with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
• Judges 16:20And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.
• 1 Samuel 10:10And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
• 1 Samuel 16:14And the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.
• 2 Samuel 7:15but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before thee.
• Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.
• Luke 11:13If therefore ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give [the] Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Commentaries on Psalms 51:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Cast me not away from thy presence - Banish me not from thy house and ordinances. Take not thy Holy Spirit from me - I know I have sufficiently grieved it to justify its departure for ever, in consequence of which I should be consigned to the blackness of darkness, - either to utter despair, or to a hard heart and seared conscience; and so work iniquity with greediness, till I fell into the pit of perdition. While the Spirit stays, painfully convincing of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Cast me not away from thy presence - That is, Do not reject me, or cast me off entirely; do not abandon me; do not leave me in my sin and sorrow. The language is derived from the idea that true happiness is to be found in the “presence” of God, and that to be exiled from him is misery. Compare Psalm 16:11, note; Psalm 31:20, note. See also Psalm 140:13. And take not thy holy Spirit from me - It is not certain that David understood by the phrase “thy Holy…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. 11Your Holy Spirit: Only the Holy Spirit can change a person's will to make it "right" (Psalm 51:10) and "willing" to obey (51:12).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

Topics related to Psalms 51:11

• Conscience
• Conviction
• Desire
• Holy Spirit
• Homicide
• Prayer
• Remorse
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• Holy Spirit
• Acknowledge
• Bloodguiltiness
• Clean
• Conceive
• Contrite
• Create
• Heart
• Hide
• Iniquity

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