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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 51:9-10

Psalms 51:9-10Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.God’s pardoning graceThis psalm is made up partly of confessions and acknowledgments of his great crimes, partly of petitions and supplications, wherein he intercedes for pardon, and prays for forgiveness. And this was but necessary to complete the duty of confession, which without this additional act of devotion might have looked rather like a daring defiance of Divine justice; God having nowhere promised us His pardon,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 51:10

Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.A clean heartI. The blessing asked for. It may refer to two distinct graces, conversion or entire sanctification. For when a man is converted there is still in him an inclination to evil, the struggle between the flesh and the spirit: his soul is not altogether pure. He has need of a more complete sanctification, of deliverance from all sin. And to this our text may be referred. A clean heart is one purified by... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 51:10

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Ver. 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God ] His heart was woefully soiled with the filth of sin and the work of grace interrupted; he therefore prayeth God to interpose and begin it again, to set him up once more, to rekindle those sparks of the spirit that lay almost quite smothered; to put forth his Almighty power for that purpose, to farm that Augaean stable of his heart; to sanctify him throughout in spirit,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 51:10

Create: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:10 clean: Psalms 73:1, Proverbs 20:9, Jeremiah 13:27, Jeremiah 32:39, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 36:25-Daniel :, Ezekiel 36:37, Matthew 5:8, Acts 15:9, 1 Peter 1:22 renew: Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:22-Jeremiah :, Colossians 3:10, Titus 3:5 right: or, constant, Psalms 78:8, Psalms 78:37, Joshua 14:14, 1 Kings 15:3-Deuteronomy :, Acts 11:23, 1 Corinthians 15:58, James 1:8 Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:30 - General 1 Chronicles 29:18 - keep Psalms... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Create — Work in me an holy frame of heart, whereby my inward filth may be purged away.Right — Heb. firm or constant, that my resolution may be fixed and unmoveable.Spirit — Temper or disposition of soul. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 51:10

10. Create in me a clean heart The spiritual work, heart renewal, is constantly before the royal penitent, and this is nothing less than a new creation. The word create is the strongest known in the Hebrew for bringing into being that which did not before exist, as Genesis 1:1. Comp. Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:24; and “ new creation,” 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15. The renewal of the heart by creative energy is a purely evangelical idea. Right spirit The word means a ... read more

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