Psalms 51:12
\51:10\Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
In Context
11\51:9\Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.
13\51:11\Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:5But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.
Psalms 19:13\19:12\Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.
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 85:6\85:5\Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?
Psalms 119:133Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me.
Isaiah 49:13Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
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 →