Psalms 51:8
Fill me with joy and gladness, let the bones you have broken rejoice.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
In Context
7Purge me clean with hyssop, wash me whiter than snow.
9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out my guilt altogether.
Cross References
Psalms 6:2Lord, be gracious to me in my weakness. Heal me Lord, for racked is my body;
Psalms 30:11You have turned my mourning to dancing; my sackcloth you have unloosed, and clothed me with joy:
Psalms 38:3In my flesh is no soundness because of your anger, no health in my bones, because of my sin.
Psalms 126:5They who sow in tears shall reap with glad shouts.
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 →