Psalms 51:10
A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.
Young's Literal Translation
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 sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.
11Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.
Cross References
Joshua 14:14therefore hath Hebron been to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite for an inheritance unto this day, because that he was fully after Jehovah, God of Israel;
Psalms 24:4The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.
Psalms 73:1A Psalm of Asaph. Only — good to Israel [is] God, to the clean of heart. And I — as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
Psalms 78:37And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.
Jeremiah 13:27Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when [is it] again?
Ezekiel 11:19And I have given to them one heart, And a new spirit I do give in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given to 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 →