New English Translation
Psalms 51:13
13Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn 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 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! Then 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. 15O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.
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אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה פֹשְׁעִ֣ים דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים אֵלֶ֥יךָ יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 51:13
- Psalms 32:5Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, “I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord.” And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)
- Zechariah 3:1Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Luke 22:32but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
- John 21:15Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?” He replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my lambs.”
- Acts 2:38Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 9:19and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,
- 2 Corinthians 5:8Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- Psalms 25:4Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!
- Isaiah 2:3many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:10and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
- Psalms 19:7The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
- Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
- Jeremiah 31:18I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, ‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
- Matthew 18:3and said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
- Acts 3:19Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
- Acts 15:3So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
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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