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Psalms 51:9

51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

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Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. right: or, constant

What does Psalms 51:9 mean?

Psalms 51:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סָתַר (çâthar), פָּנִים (pânîym), חֵטְא (chêṭᵉʼ). It connects to 16 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Hideסָתַרçâthar/saw-thar'/H5641to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
thy
faceפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
from
my
sins,חֵטְאchêṭᵉʼ/khate/H2399a crime or its penalty
and
blot
outמָחָהmâchâh/maw-khaw'/H4229properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
all
mine
iniquities.עָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

Commentary on Psalms 51:9

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 51:9
, more than once, to a nuptial solemnity, the solemnity of a royal nuptial, Matt. xxii. 2 ; xxv. 1 . We have no reason to think it has any reference to Solomon's marriage with Pharaoh's daughter; if I thought that it had reference to any other than the mystical marriage between Christ and his church, I would rather apply it to some of David's marriages, because he was a man of war, such a one as the bridegroom here is described to be, which Solomon was not. But I take it to be purely and only meant of Jesus Christ; of him speaks the prophet this, of him and of no other man; and to him ( ver. 6, 7 ) it is applied in the New Testament ( Heb. i. 8 ), nor can it be understood of any other. The preface speaks the excellency of the song, ver. 1 . The psalm speaks, I. Of the royal bridegroom, who is Christ. 1. The transcendent excellency of his person, ver. 2 . 2. The glory of his victories, ver. 3-5 . 3. The righteousness of his government, ver. 6, 7 . 4. The splendour of his court, ver. 8, 9 . II. Of the royal bride, which is the church. 1. Her consent gained, ver. 10, 11 . 2. The nuptials solemnized, ver. 12-15 . 3. The issue of this marriage, ver. 16, 17 . In singing this psalm our hearts must be filled with high thoughts of Christ, with an entire submission to and satisfaction in his government, and with an earnest desire of the enlarging and perpetuating of his church in the world. Nuptial Song; Glories of the Messiah. 1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee fo

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 21:6

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. made him most: Heb. set him to be blessings made him exceeding: Heb. make him glad with joy

Proverbs 22:11

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. for: or, and hath grace in his lips

Song of Solomon 2:3

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. I sat: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc taste: Heb. palate

Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. the chiefest: Heb. a standard bearer

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

Zechariah 9:17

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. cheerful: or, grow, or, speak

Matthew 17:2

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Luke 4:22

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 7:46

The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

Philippians 2:9

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Colossians 1:15

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Hebrews 1:3

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Hebrews 1:4

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Hebrews 7:26

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Revelation 1:13

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 51:9.

Deuteronomy 19:15

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Genesis 7:23

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out

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What does Psalms 51:9 say?

Psalms 51:9 (King James Version) reads: "Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities."

Is Psalms 51:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 51:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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