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Psalms 51:12
12Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
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
10Let me hear joy and gladness, so the bones You crushed may rejoice. 11Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 13Do not cast me from Your presence— take not Your Ruach ha-Kodesh from me. 14Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.
Read all of Psalms 51Psalms 51:12 word by word
הָשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֭י שְׂשׂ֣וֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וְר֖וּחַ נְדִיבָ֣ה תִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 51:12
- Psalms 85:6Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger from generation to generation?
- Job 29:2“O that I could be as in the months gone by, as in the days when God watched over me,
- Isaiah 57:17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry; I struck him; I hid My face; I was angry—but he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
- Jeremiah 31:9Hear the word of Adonai, O nations, and declare it in the distant islands, and say: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather and watch over him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
- Psalms 13:5Or else my enemy will say: “I have overcome him!” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
- Psalms 21:1For the music director, a psalm of David.
- Psalms 35:9Then my soul will rejoice in Adonai and delight in His salvation.
- Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, heavens! Rejoice, earth! Break forth into ringing shouts, O mountains! For Adonai has comforted His people and has compassion on His afflicted.”
- Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in Adonai. My soul will be joyful in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me in a robe of righteousness— like a bridegroom wearing a priestly turban, like a bride adorning herself with her jewels.
- Luke 1:47and my spirit greatly rejoices in God, my Savior.
- Romans 5:2Through Him we also have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and boast in the hope of God’s glory.
- Psalms 17:5My steps have kept on Your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 19:13Who can discern his errors? Cleanse me of hidden faults.
- Psalms 119:116Sustain me according to Your word, so I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Isaiah 41:10Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Jeremiah 10:23I know, Adonai, that a man’s way is not his own, nor does man, as he walks, direct his steps.
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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