Psalms 51:14
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
15I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
Cross References
Genesis 42:22And Ruben one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy: and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.
2 Samuel 11:15Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die.
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.
Nehemiah 9:33And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
Psalms 26:9Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:
Psalms 38:22Forsake me not, O Lord my God : do not thou depart from me.
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 →