Psalms 51:9
Turn your face away from looking at my sins; please wipe away my guilt.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
In Context
8Please let me hear joy and happiness again; let the bones you have crushed be glad once more.
10Create a pure mind in me, God, and make me trustworthy again.
Cross References
Job 9:30Even if I wash myself with pure mountain water and clean my hands with soap,
Isaiah 1:18Come on, let's argue this out, says the Lord. Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will become white like snow. Even though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.
Jeremiah 16:17I see everything they're doing. They can't hide from me, and their sins aren't hidden from me either.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you who forgives sin and passes over the rebellion of those who are left of his special people? You do not remain angry forever because you delight in showing faithful love.
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 →