Psalm 51:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Yet, you desire truth and sincerity. Deep down inside me you teach me wisdom. (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

BBE:

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

DBY:

Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

ERV:

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

JPS:

Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

Psalm 51:6 Cross References

XREF:

Job 38:36 "Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?

Psalm 15:2 He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.

Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

51:6 Behold, thou {f} desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
(f) He confesses that God who loves pureness of heart, may justly destroy man, who by nature is a sinner much more him whom he had instructed in his heavenly wisdom.

WES:

51:6 Truth - Uprightness of heart; and this may be added; as an aggravation of the sinfulness of original corruption, because it is contrary to the holy nature and will of God, which requires rectitude of heart: and, as an aggravation of his actual sin, that it was committed against that knowledge, which God had wrote in his heart.

MHC:

51:1-6 David, being convinced of his sin, poured out his soul to God in prayer for mercy and grace. Whither should backsliding children return, but to the Lord their God, who alone can heal them? he drew up, by Divine teaching, an account of the workings of his heart toward God. Those that truly repent of their sins, will not be ashamed to own their repentance. Also, he instructs others what to do, and what to say. David had not only done much, but suffered much in the cause of God; yet he flees to God's infinite mercy, and depends upon that alone for pardon and peace. He begs the pardon of sin. The blood of Christ, sprinkled upon the conscience, blots out the transgression, and, having reconciled us to God, reconciles us to ourselves. The believer longs to have the whole debt of his sins blotted out, and every stain cleansed; he would be thoroughly washed from all his sins; but the hypocrite always has some secret reserve, and would have some favorite lust spared. David had such a deep sense of his sin, that he was continually thinking of it, with sorrow and shame. His sin was committed against God, whose truth we deny by wilful sin; with him we deal deceitfully. And the truly penitent will ever trace back the streams of actual sin to the fountain of original depravity. He confesses his original corruption. This is that foolishness which is bound in the heart of a child, that proneness to evil, and that backwardness to good, which is the burden of the regenerate, and the ruin of the unregenerate. He is encouraged, in his repentance, to hope that God would graciously accept him. Thou desirest truth in the inward part; to this God looks, in a returning sinner. Where there is truth, God will give wisdom. Those who sincerely endeavour to do their duty shall be taught their duty; but they will expect good only from Divine grace overcoming their corrupt nature.

CONC:

Behold Causest Desire Desired Desirest Hast Heart Hidden Inmost Inner Innermost Inward Secret Secrets Soul Teach Truth Wilt Wisdom

Causest Desire Desired Desirest Heart Hidden Inmost Innermost Inward Part Parts Secret Secrets Soul Teach True. Truth Wilt Wisdom

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