Psalms 51:10
\51:8\Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
In Context
9\51:7\Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.
11\51:9\Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.
Cross References
Joshua 14:14So Hebron became the heritage of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, to this day, because with all his heart he was true to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
Psalms 73:1Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.
Psalms 78:37And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.
Jeremiah 13:27I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:8-14
Penitential Petitions. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach… Read the whole commentary →