Psalms 51:14

Psalms 51:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
• New International Version (NIV)Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.

Context of Psalms 51:14

12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. 15O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. 16For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.

Psalms 51:14 word by word

הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִדָּמִ֨ים׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑י תְּרַנֵּ֥ן לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• me from bloodguiltinessדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• O Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of my salvationתְּשׁוּעָהteshû‛âh teshû‛âh · deliverance: salvationH8668
• my tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• shall sing aloudרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
• of thy righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666

Cross-references for Psalms 51:14

• Psalms 26:9Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.
• Genesis 9:6“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.
• Genesis 42:22And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.”
• 2 Samuel 3:28Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “My kingdom and I are guiltless before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
• 2 Samuel 11:15And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.”
• 2 Samuel 12:9Why have you despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
• 2 Samuel 21:1Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
• Ezekiel 33:8When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
• Hosea 4:2By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.
• Acts 18:6But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
• Acts 20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
• Psalms 38:22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
• Psalms 68:20Our God is the God of salvation; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
• Psalms 88:1O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.
• Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’ ”

Commentaries on Psalms 51:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness - This is one of the expressions that gives most color to the propriety of the title affixed to this Psalm. Here he may have in view the death of Uriah, and consider that his blood cries for vengeance against him; and nothing but the mere mercy of God can wipe this blood from his conscience. The prayer here is earnest and energetic: O God! thou God of my salvation! deliver me! The Chaldee reads, "Deliver me (קטול מדין…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God - Margin, as in Hebrew, “bloods.” So it is rendered by the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate. Luther renders it “blood-guilt.” DeWette, “from blood.” Compare Isaiah 4:4. The “plural” form - “bloods” - is used probably to mark “intensity,” or to denote “great” guilt. The allusion is to the guilt of shedding blood, or taking life (compare Genesis 9:5-6), and the reference is undoubtedly to his guilt in causing Uriah…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. 14bloodguilt: This expression refers to any injustice, not only killing someone (Psalm 9:12; 58:10; see 2 Samuel 11:14–26; compare Isaiah 1:15–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Deliver--or, "Free me" (Psa 39:8) from the guilt of murder (2Sa 12:9, 10; Psa 5:6). righteousness--as in Psa 7:17; 31:1.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 51:14

• Conscience
• Conviction
• Desire
• Homicide
• Prayer
• Remorse
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• God
• Acknowledge
• Bloodguiltiness
• Clean
• Conceive
• Contrite
• Create
• Heart
• Hide
• Iniquity

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