Psalms 51:14
Rescue me from shed-blood, O God, the God of my salvation, My tongue should shout thy righteousness;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13I would teach transgressors thy ways, And, sinners, unto thee, should return.
15O My Lord! my lips, wilt thou open, And, my mouth, shall declare thy praise.
Cross References
Genesis 42:22And Reuben responded to them, saying—Spake I not unto you saying, Do not sin against the child! And ye hearkened not? His very blood, therefore lo! it is required.
2 Samuel 11:15and he wrote in the letter, saying,—Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he be smitten and die.
2 Samuel 21:1And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh,—and Yahweh said—It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.
Nehemiah 9:33But, thou, art righteous, as to all that hath fallen upon us,—for, faithfulness, hast thou wrought, whereas, we, have been lawless;
Psalms 26:9Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;
Psalms 38:22Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
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 →