Psalm 51:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 51:10-17

True prayer. Prayer is the index of the heart. When true, it is the "heart's sincere desire," and expresses not only the feeling, but the cry of the soul to God. I. THE PRAYER HERE IS THOROUGH - GOING . It is not pardon that is asked—that has been obtained; but renewal. It is not present relief that is craved, but complete restoration, such a change wrought in the heart as is equivalent to a reconstruction, and as will re-establish and fix the right relation to God for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God - The word rendered “create,” ברא berâ' - is a word which is properly employed to denote an act of “creation;” that is, of causing something to exist where there was nothing before. It is the word which is used in Genesis 1:1 : “In the beginning God “created” the heaven and the earth,” and which is commonly used to express the act of creation. It is used “here” evidently in the sense of causing that to exist which did not exist before; and there is clearly a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 51:9-10

Psalms 51:9-10. Hide thy face from my sins Do not look upon them with an eye of indignation and wrath, but forgive and forget them. Create in me a clean heart Seeing I have not only defiled myself by these actual sins, but also have a most unclean heart, corrupt even from my birth, which nothing but thy almighty, new-creating power can purify; I beseech thee to exert that power to produce in me a new and holy frame of heart, free from those impure inclinations and vile affections, the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:1-19

Psalms 51:0 David’s repentanceHaving committed adultery with Bathsheba, David then arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed, so that he could take Bathsheba as a royal wife (2 Samuel 11:1-27). The prophet Nathan found out David’s sin, condemned him to his face, then pronounced God’s judgment upon him (2 Samuel 12:1-15). This psalm displays David’s deep sorrow as he confesses his sin to God.David makes no excuses. He acknowledges his sin and realizes that he can do nothing to receive... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 51:10

Create. Hebrew. bara' , as in Genesis 1:1 . The new heart is not the old one changed, but newly created: i.e. "begotten" by God, as in John 3:6-8 . right = steadfast. Compare Psalms 78:37 ; Psalms 112:7 . spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for whole character. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 51:10

THE PRAYER FOR RENEWAL"Create in me a clean heart, O God;And renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy presence;And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;And uphold me with a willing spirit.Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;And sinners shall be converted unto thee.""Create in me a clean heart" (Psalms 51:10). Here is the Old Testament anticipation of the New Testament doctrine of the New Birth. "If anyone be in Christ, he is a new... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 51:10

Psalms 51:10. Create in me a clean heart— A clean heart, is a heart free from those impure and disordered passions of which David had too fatally felt the effects, and in possession and under the influence of those sacred dispositions of piety, holiness, and virtue, in which the moral rectitude and purity of the mind consists. A right spirit, is more properly a firm, constant, determined spirit. It implies such a resolution and firmness of soul, as through grace should effectually secure him... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 51:10

10. Create—a work of almighty power. in me—literally, "to me," or, "for me"; bestow as a gift, a heart free from taint of sin (Psalms 24:4; Psalms 73:1). renew—implies that he had possessed it; the essential principle of a new nature had not been lost, but its influence interrupted (Psalms 73:1- :); for Psalms 51:11 shows that he had not lost God's presence and Spirit (Psalms 51:11- :), though he had lost the "joy of his salvation" (Psalms 51:12), for whose return he prays. right... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 51:1-19

Psalms 51In this penitential individual lament psalm (cf. Psalms 6, 32, 38, 102, 130, , 143) David confessed the sins he committed against Bathsheba and Uriah. It is a model of confession that has become popular with God’s people. Since we all sin so often and need to confess frequently, this psalm is a help and comfort to us all.Psalms 32 proposed the need to confess sin, and Psalms 51:5 of that poem is a brief statement of confession. But Psalms 51 moves closer to "the center of the crisis of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 51:7-12

3. Petition for restoration 51:7-12David’s prayer for restoration included requests for God’s forgiveness (Psalms 51:7; Psalms 51:9), a renewal of his joy (Psalms 51:8), and a heart of wisdom and full restoration to divine favor (Psalms 51:10-12). read more

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