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Psalms 51:15

51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

O Lord, open you my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise.

51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. else: or, that I should

What does Psalms 51:15 mean?

Psalms 51:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây), פָּתַח (pâthach), שָׂפָה (sâphâh).

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Lord,אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây/ad-o-noy'/H136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
openפָּתַחpâthach/paw-thakh'/H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
thou
my
lips;שָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
and
my
mouthפֶּהpeh/peh/H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
shall
shew
forthנָגַדnâgad/naw-gad'/H5046properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
thy
praise.תְּהִלָּהtᵉhillâh/teh-hil-law'/H8416laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 51:15.

Exodus 28:32

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

Exodus 39:23

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

Exodus 4:10

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. eloquent: Heb. a man of words heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day

Genesis 42:27

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

Genesis 43:21

And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

Genesis 43:7

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? asked: Heb. asking asked us tenor: Heb. mouth could: Heb. knowing could we know

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What does Psalms 51:15 say?

Psalms 51:15 (King James Version) reads: "O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise."

Is Psalms 51:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 51:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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