Psalms 51:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Psalms 51:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:17-18
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: …
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Hosea 6:1-2
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. …
Psalms 6:2-3
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. …
Psalms 119:81-82
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. …

Topics

Conscience Contrition Conviction Desire Gladness God Guilt Happiness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-13)

I. See here what David prays for. Many excellent petitions he here puts up, to which if we do but add, “for Christ’s sake,” they are as evangelical as any other. 1. He prays that God would cleanse him from his sins and the defilement he had contracted by them (Ps. 51:7): “ Purge me with hyssop; that is, pardon my sins, and let me know that they are pardoned, that I may be restored to those privile…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying. Purge ... hyssop--The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; “purge” refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).