Psalms 51:11
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
KJV
Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti ; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.
Vulgate
ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὅτι ἐποίησας· καὶ ὑπομενῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι χρηστὸν ἐναντίον τῶν ὁσίων σου.
LXX
Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
ASV
הַסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶי/ךָ מֵ/חֲטָאָ֑/י וְֽ/כָל עֲוֺ֖נֹתַ֣/י מְחֵֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
חֵֽטְא
cht'
noun · 35×
יִמָּחֶ֥ה
ymchh
verb · 35×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
noun · 230×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness. This penitential Psalm, composed after David's sin with Bathsheba, is the most profound expression of repentance in all of Scripture. David pleads not his own merit but God's mercy alone. His confession — "in sin did my mother conceive me" — is not merely a personal statement but a declaration of the universal corrupti…
Canons of Dort · 2 passages
By such gross sins, however, they greatly offend God, deserve the sentence of death, grieve the Holy Spirit, suspend the exercise of faith, very deeply wound the conscience, and sometimes lose the awareness of grace for a time, until God's fatherly face shines upon them again when they turn back in earnest repentance.
For God, who is rich in mercy, according to the unchangeable purpose of election does not take the Holy Spirit from his own completely, even when they fall grievously. Neither does God let them fall down so far that they forfeit the grace of adoption and the state of justification, or commit the sin which leads to death (the sin against the Holy Spirit), and plunge themselves, …
Cross-references
- 1Sam 10:10 — And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
- 1Sam 16:14 — But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
- 1Sam 16:14 — But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
- 1Thess 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit.
- 2Kgs 13:23 — And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them fro
- 2Kgs 17:18 — Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
- 2Kgs 23:27 — And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
- 2Kgs 24:20 — For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- 2Sam 7:15 — But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- 2Thess 1:9 — Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
- Eph 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
- Gen 4:14 — Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one
- Gen 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Hag 2:5 — According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
- Isa 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Isa 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Jer 7:15 — And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
- John 14:26 — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
- John 14:26 — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
- Judg 6:34 — But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
- Judg 13:25 — And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Judg 15:14 — And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and h
- Judg 16:20 — And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from h
- Luke 11:13 — If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
- Ps 27:9 — Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- Ps 43:2 — For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Ps 66:20 — Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
- Ps 71:9 — Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
- Ps 71:18 — Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
- Ps 119:8 — I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
- Rom 1:4 — And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
- Rom 8:9 — But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.