Psalms 51:12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
KJV
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.
ASV
לֵ֣ב טָ֭הוֹר בְּרָא לִ֣/י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ/ר֥וּחַ נָ֝כ֗וֹן חַדֵּ֥שׁ בְּ/קִרְבִּֽ/י
Hebrew
Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
YLT
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
חַדֵּ֖שׁ
chdsh
verb · 10×
טָה֑וֹר
thvr
adjective · 94×
י
y
noun · 591×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 53×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§298Since God could create everything out of nothing, he can also, through the Holy Spirit, give spiritual life to sinners by creating a pure heart in them,148 and bodily life to the dead through the Resurrection. God "gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist."149 and since God was able to make light shine in darkness by his Word, he can also giv…
§431In the history of salvation God was not content to deliver Israel "out of the house of bondage"20 by bringing them out of Egypt. He also saves them from their sin. Because sin is always an offence against God, only he can forgive it.21 For this reason Israel, becoming more and more aware of the universality of sin, will no longer be able to seek salvation except by invoking the…
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…
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.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
- 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- 2Cor 3:17 — Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- 2Cor 3:17 — Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- Gal 2:4 — And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
- Gal 4:6 — And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
- Gal 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- Isa 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isa 49:13 — Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
- Isa 57:17 — For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
- Isa 57:18 — I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
- Isa 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh
- Jer 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
- Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
- Job 29:2 — Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
- Jude 1:24 — Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- Luke 1:47 — And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
- Luke 22:32 — But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
- Ps 9:14 — That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
- Ps 13:5 — But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
- Ps 13:5 — But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
- Ps 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Ps 19:13 — Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
- Ps 21:1 — The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
- Ps 23:3 — He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- Ps 35:3 — Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
- Ps 35:9 — And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
- Ps 37:17 — For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
- Ps 85:6 — Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
- Ps 86:4 — Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Ps 116:12 — What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
- Ps 119:116 — Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Ps 119:133 — Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
- Rom 5:2 — By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Rom 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- Rom 8:15 — For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
- Rom 14:4 — Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.