New English Translation
Psalms 51:12
12Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
Psalms 51:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- New International Version (NIV)Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Context of Psalms 51:12
10Create 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! Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey! 13Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you. 14Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.
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הָשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֭י שְׂשׂ֣וֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וְר֖וּחַ נְדִיבָ֣ה תִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 51:12
- Psalms 85:6Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you!
- Job 29:2“O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,
- Isaiah 57:17I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.
- Jeremiah 31:9They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
- Psalms 13:5But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!
- Psalms 21:1O Lord, the king rejoices in the strength you give; he takes great delight in the deliverance you provide.
- Psalms 35:9Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.
- Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.
- Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
- Luke 1:47and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,
- Romans 5:2through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.
- Psalms 17:5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.
- Psalms 19:13Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion.
- Psalms 119:116Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me!
- Isaiah 41:10Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
- Jeremiah 10:23Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.
Commentaries on Psalms 51:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation - This is an awful prayer. And why? Because it shows he once Had the joy of God's salvation; and had Lost it by sin! Uphold me with thy free spirit - Prop me up; support me with a princely spirit, one that will not stoop to a mean or base act. See on Psalm 51:10; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation - literally, “Cause the joy of thy salvation to return.” This implies that he had formerly known what was the happiness of being a friend of God, and of having a hope of salvation. That joy had been taken from him by his sin. He had lost his peace of mind. His soul was sad and cheerless. Sin always produces this effect. The only way to enjoy religion is to do that which is right; the only way to secure the favor of…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. 10-12God’s Spirit renews and recreates the human spirit.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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