Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
In Context
9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
11Cast 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 lifted up his soul unto vanity, and hath not sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
Psalms 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Jeremiah 13:27I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an 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 →