Psalms 51:11
Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
In Context
10To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
12Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: everyone, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me.
Judges 13:25And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.
Judges 16:20And she said: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind: I will go out as I did before, and shake myself, not knowing that the Lord was departed from him.
1 Samuel 16:14But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.
2 Kings 13:23And the Lord had mercy on them, and returned to them because of his covenant, which he had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob: and he would not destroy them, nor utterly cast them away, unto this present time.
2 Kings 23:27And the Lord said: I will remove Juda also from before my face, as I have removed Israel: and I will cast off this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the house, of which I said: My name shall 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 →