Psalms 51:10
To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
In Context
11Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
Cross References
Joshua 14:14And from that time Hebron belonged to Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, until this present day: because he followed the Lord the God of Israel.
Psalms 24:4The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
Psalms 73:1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
Psalms 78:37But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.
Jeremiah 13:27I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighing, the wickedness of thy fornication: and thy abominations, upon the hills in the field. Woe to thee, Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean after me: how long yet?
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will 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 →