Psalms 51:10
(51-12) Create me a clean heart, O God; and renew a stedfast spirit within me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
In Context
9(51-11) Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
11(51-13) Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy holy spirit from me.
Cross References
Joshua 14:14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, unto this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Psalms 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 73:1BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
Psalms 78:37For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
Jeremiah 13:27Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, on the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be?
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will remove 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 →