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Psalms 51:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. "

Psalms 51:8

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6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

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Psalms 51:1

"Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions."

Psalms 51:2

"Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin."

Psalms 51:3

"For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me."

Psalms 51:4

"Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge."

Psalms 51:5

"Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin."

Psalms 51:6

"Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place."

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