New English Translation
Psalms 51:10
10Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute 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
8Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice! 9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt! Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! 11Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me! 12Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
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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 5:17So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!
- Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
- Psalms 73:1Certainly God is good to Israel, and to those whose motives are pure!
- Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?
- Jeremiah 13:27People of Jerusalem, I have seen your adulterous worship, your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods. I have seen your disgusting acts of worship on the hills throughout the countryside. You are doomed to destruction! How long will you continue to be unclean?’”
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.
- Ezekiel 11:19I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,
- Ezekiel 18:31Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
- Matthew 5:8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Acts 15:9and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.
- 1 Peter 1:22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
- Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
- Ephesians 4:22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
- Colossians 3:10and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
- Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and 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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