New English Translation
Psalms 51:8
8Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!
Psalms 51:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
- New International Version (NIV)Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
Context of Psalms 51:8
6Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom. 7Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow. Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice! 9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt! 10Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
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תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 51:8
- Psalms 13:5But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!
- Psalms 30:11Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
- Psalms 119:81I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
- Psalms 126:5Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.
- Matthew 5:4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- Psalms 6:2Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking!
- Psalms 38:3My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
- Job 5:17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
- Hosea 6:1“Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
- Acts 2:37Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”
- Acts 16:29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
Commentaries on Psalms 51:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Make me to hear joy - Let me have a full testimony of my reconciliation to thee; that the soul, which is so deeply distressed by a sense of thy displeasure, may be healed by a sense of thy pardoning mercy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Make me to hear joy and gladness - That is, the voice of forgiveness, causing joy and rejoicing. What he wished to hear was the kind voice of God in pronouncing his pardon; not the voice of anger and condemnation. God now condemned him. The law condemned him. His own conscience condemned him. The result was anguish and sorrow. The burden was great and overpowering - such as to crush him; to break all his “bones.” He longed to hear the sweet voice 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. 8Regaining joy is a gracious gift from God. You have crushed: The psalmist feels completely broken (Psalm 6:2; compare 34:20).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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