God’s Word Translation
Psalms 51:13
13⌞Then⌟ I will teach your ways to those who are rebellious, and sinners will return to you.
Psalms 51:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
Context of Psalms 51:13
11Do not force me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. 12Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and provide me with a spirit of willing obedience. ⌞Then⌟ I will teach your ways to those who are rebellious, and sinners will return to you. 14Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, my savior. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness! 15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will tell about your praise.
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אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה פֹשְׁעִ֣ים דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים אֵלֶ֥יךָ יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 51:13
- Psalms 32:5I made my sins known to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Lord. Then you forgave all my sins. Selah
- Zechariah 3:1Then he showed me Joshua, the chief priest, standing in front of the Messenger of the Lord. Satan the Accuser was standing at Joshua’s right side to accuse him.
- Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. So when you recover, strengthen the other disciples.”
- John 21:15After they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the other disciples do?” Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my lambs.”
- Acts 2:38Peter answered them, “All of you must turn to God and change the way you think and act, and each of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.
- Acts 9:19After he had something to eat, his strength came back to him. Saul was with the disciples in the city of Damascus for several days.
- 2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.
- Psalms 25:4Make your ways known to me, O Lord, and teach me your paths.
- Isaiah 2:3Then many people will come and say, “Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.” The teachings will go out from Zion. The Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:10and said, “You are full of dirty tricks and schemes, you son of the devil! You hate everything that has God’s approval. Quit trying to distort the truth about the way the Lord wants people to live.
- Psalms 19:7The teachings of the Lord are perfect. They renew the soul. The testimony of the Lord is dependable. It makes gullible people wise.
- Isaiah 6:10Make these people close-minded. Plug their ears. Shut their eyes. Otherwise, they may see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, and return and be healed.”
- Jeremiah 31:18“I have certainly heard Ephraim mourn and say, ‘You disciplined me, and I was disciplined. I was like a young, untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, because you are the Lord my God.
- Matthew 18:3Then he said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Acts 3:19So change the way you think and act, and turn ⌞to God⌟ to have your sins removed.
- Acts 15:3The church sent Paul and Barnabas ⌞to Jerusalem⌟. As they were going through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the whole story of how non-Jewish people were turning to God. This story brought great joy to all the believers.
Commentaries on Psalms 51:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Then will I teach transgressors - I will show myself to be grateful; I will testify of thy loving-kindness; I will call on transgressors to consider the error of their ways; and shall set before them so forcibly thy justice and mercy, that sinners shall be converted unto thee. With a little change I can adopt the language of Dr. Delaney on this place: "Who can confide in his own strength, when he sees David fall? Who can despair of Divine mercy when he…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways - As an expression of gratitude, and as the result of his own painful experience. He would show them, from that experience, the evil and the bitterness of sin in itself; he would show them with what dreadful consequences sin must always be followed; he would show them the nature of true repentance; he would show them what was required in order that sin might be forgiven; he would encourage them to come to that God…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. 13As he learns from his sin and its consequences, the psalmist wants to teach others.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Then--Such will be the effect of this gracious work. ways--of providence and human duty (Psa 18:21, 30; 32:8; Lu 22:32).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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