Psalm 51:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Let me hear sounds of joy and gladness. Let the bones that you have broken dance.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

BBE:

Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.

Psalm 51:8 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 35:10 All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"

Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Joel 1:16 Has not food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and joy from the house of our God? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

51:8 Make me to hear {g} joy and gladness; [that] the {h} bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
(g) He means God's comfortable mercies toward repentant sinners.
(h) By the bones he understands all strength of soul and body, which by cares and mourning are consumed.

WES:

51:8 Joy - By thy spirit, seal the pardon of my sins on my conscience, which will fill me with joy. Rejoice - That my heart which hath been sorely wounded may be comforted.

MHC:

51:7-15 Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a lively faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop. The blood of Christ is called the blood of sprinkling, Heb 12:24. If this blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, cleanse us from our sin, then we shall be clean indeed, Heb 10:2. He asks not to be comforted, till he is first cleansed; if sin, the bitter root of sorrow, be taken away, he can pray in faith, Let me have a well-grounded peace, of thy creating, so that the bones broken by convictions may rejoice, may be comforted. Hide thy face from my sins; blot out all mine iniquities out of thy book; blot them out, as a cloud is blotted out and dispelled by the beams of the sun. And the believer desires renewal to holiness as much as the joy of salvation. David now saw, more than ever, what an unclean heart he had, and sadly laments it; but he sees it is not in his own power to amend it, and therefore begs God would create in him a clean heart. When the sinner feels this change is necessary, and reads the promise of God to that purpose, he begins to ask it. He knew he had by his sin grieved the Holy Spirit, and provoked him to withdraw. This he dreads more than anything. He prays that Divine comforts may be restored to him. When we give ourselves cause to doubt our interest in salvation, how can we expect the joy of it? This had made him weak; he prays, I am ready to fall, either into sin or into despair, therefore uphold me with thy Spirit. Thy Spirit is a free Spirit, a free Agent himself, working freely. And the more cheerful we are in our duty, the more constant we shall be to it. What is this but the liberty wherewith Christ makes his people free, which is contrasted with the yoke of bondage? Ga 5:1. It is the Spirit of adoption spoken to the heart. Those to whom God is the God of salvation, he will deliver from guilt; for the salvation he is the God of, is salvation from sin. We may therefore plead with him, Lord, thou art the God of my salvation, therefore deliver me from the dominion of sin. And when the lips are opened, what should they speak but the praises of God for his forgiving mercy?

CONC:

Bones Broken Bruised Causest Crushed Fill Full Glad Gladness Hast Joy Joyful Makest Rapture Rejoice

Bones Broken Bruised Causest Crushed Fill Full Glad Gladness Hear Joy Joyful Makest Rapture Rejoice

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