Psalms 51:8
\51:6\Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
In Context
7\51:5\Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
9\51:7\Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
Psalms 6:2\6:1\O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalms 30:11\30:10\Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.
Psalms 38:3\38:2\For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
Psalms 126:5Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
Isaiah 57:15For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
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 →