Psalms 51:8 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Make me to hear joy and gladness; {that} the bones {which} thou hast broken may rejoice.”

Psalms 51:8

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Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden {part} thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; {that} the bones {which} thou hast broken may rejoice.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. {right: or, constant}

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Psalms 51:1

"[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions."

Psalms 51:2

"Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."

Psalms 51:3

"For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me."

Psalms 51:4

"Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done {this} evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, {and} be clear when thou judgest."

Psalms 51:5

"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}"

Psalms 51:6

"Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden {part} thou shalt make me to know wisdom."

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