Psalms 51:11
Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
In Context
10A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.
12Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been — every one finding me doth slay me.'
Judges 13:25and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges 16:20and she saith, 'Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, 'I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him.
1 Samuel 16:14And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;
2 Kings 13:23and Jehovah doth favour them, and pity them, and turn unto them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hath not been willing to destroy them, nor to cast them from His presence as yet.
2 Kings 23:27and Jehovah saith, 'Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen — Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.'
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 →