Psalms 51:11
\51:9\Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
In Context
10\51:8\Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
12\51:10\Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.
Judges 13:25And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges 16:20Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.
1 Samuel 16:14Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
2 Kings 13:23But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.
2 Kings 23:27And the Lord said, I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel; I will have nothing more to do with this town, which I had made mine, even Jerusalem, and the holy house of which I said, My name will be there.
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 →