Tree of Life Version
Psalms 51:8
8Surely You desire truth in the inner being. Make me know wisdom inwardly.
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
6Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are just when You speak, and blameless when You judge. 7Behold, I was born in iniquity and in sin when my mother conceived me. Surely You desire truth in the inner being. Make me know wisdom inwardly. 9Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 10Let me hear joy and gladness, so the bones You crushed may rejoice.
Read all of Psalms 51Psalms 51:8 word by word
תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 51:8
- Psalms 13:5Or else my enemy will say: “I have overcome him!” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
- Psalms 30:11Hear, Adonai, and be gracious to me. Adonai, be my help.”
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints with longing for Your salvation, but I still hope in Your word.
- Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with a song of joy.
- Matthew 5:4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- Psalms 6:2Adonai, do not rebuke me in Your anger! Do not discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 38:3For Your arrows have sunk deep into me and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- Job 5:17Behold, happy is the one whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of Shaddai.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Exalted One who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, yet also with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to Adonai. For He has torn, but He will heal us. He has smitten, but He will bind us up.
- Luke 4:18“The Ruach Adonai is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,
- Acts 2:37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the emissaries, “Fellow brethren, what shall we do?”
- Acts 16:29The jailer called for lights and rushed in; and trembling with fear, he fell down before 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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