Psalms 51:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 51:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Make me to hear joy and gladness - That is, the voice of forgiveness, causing joy and rejoicing. What he wished to hear was the kind voice of God in pronouncing his pardon; not the voice of anger...
Psalms 51:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Make me to hear (g) joy and gladness; [that] the (h) bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice. (g) He means God's comfortable mercies toward repentant sinners. (h) By the bones he understands all...
Psalms 51:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LI. A Penitential Psalm. Psalms 51:1-12 . Prayer for pardon and inward renewal. Psalms 51:13-17 . A promise to proclaim God's mercy and bring sinners back to Him. Psalms 51:18 f. Prayer...
Psalms 51:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Make me . Thou wilt make me.
Psalms 51:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 590 THE OPERATIONS OF SIN AND OF GRACE Psalms 51:8 . Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. NEXT to the obtaining of pardon, a penitent...
Psalms 51:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Make me to hear joy - Let me have a full testimony of my reconciliation to thee; that the soul, which is so de...
Psalms 51:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Make me to hear joy and gladness— The displeasure which God expressed against the sins he had been guilty of, and the deep sense he had of the aggravated nature of them, filled him with such pains...
Psalms 51:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice - namely, by my receiv...
Psalms 51:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David: when Nathan the prophet' came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.' It is impossible not to feel the general appropriateness of this Ps....
Psalms 51:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The bones which thou hast broken... — Through his whole being the psalmist has felt the crushing weight of sin; to its very fibres, as we say, his frame has suffered.
Psalms 51:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 51:1-19 THE main grounds on which the Davidic authorship of this psalm is denied are four. First, it is alleged that its conceptions of sin and penitence are in advance of his stage of reli...
Psalms 51:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Prayer of the Contrite Heart Psalms 51:1-10 This psalm is a ladder which climbs from the horrible pit, with its miry clay, into the heights of sunny joy, where the song breaks from the forg...
Psalms 51:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the first of a number of psalms (eighteen) to which titles are prefaced which connect them with David, eight out of the number having historic references. There is a remarkable fitness in eve...
Psalms 51:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing but a complete pardon can satisfy David. Hide thy face from my sins, heal my bones that are broken by reason of it! What should we do, whither should we fly, were there not a total oblivion f...
Psalms 51:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Make me to hear joy and gladness ,.... Which he had not heard for some time; sin had sadly broke in upon and interrupted his spiritual peace and joy; for though the love and favour of God cannot be...
Psalms 51:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice. Ver. 8. Make me to hear joy and gladness ] God will speak peace unto his people, he createth the fruit of...
Psalms 51:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Make me to hear joy and gladness Send me glad tidings of thy reconciliation to me; and by thy Spirit seal the pardon of my sins on my conscience, which will fill me with joy. That the bones which...
Psalms 51:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Penitential Petitions. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make...
Psalms 51:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Send me glad tidings of thy reconciliation to me, and by thy Spirit seal the pardon of my sins to my conscience, which will fill me with joy, that mine heart, which hath been sorely wounded and terri...
Psalms 51:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

His Prayer For Forgiveness And For The Removal Of His Sins ( Psalms 51:7-9 ). David now turns to the question of how his sins can be removed from him. He recognises that outward ritual would be ir...
Psalms 51:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION THE superscription informs us both as to the author of the psalm, and the occasion of its composition. “To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, a...
Psalms 51:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51 David, in the opening of this Psalm, appeals for mercy. No penitent man ever approached God on the side of His justice. The Pharisee, indeed, appeals to righteousness; but the publican a...
Psalms 51:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Although we may have been preserved by divine grace from any gross and open sin, yet let us read this Psalm in the spirit of penitence. I always feel afraid of myself if I cannot read this Psalm from...
Psalms 51:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The title of this psalm, supported by the whole weight of rabbinical authority, and by the LXX, refers it to the repentance and recovery of David, “when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had...
Psalms 51:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness. The fifty-first psalm A darker guilt you will scarcely find--kingly power abused--worst passions yielded to. Yet this psalm breathes...
Psalms 51:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the first of a series of fifteen psalms assigned by their titles to David, and mostly attached to special circumstances in his life, which are said to have furnished the occ...
Psalms 51:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Penitential Prayer. To the chief musician, for public performance, as an open confession of David's sin before the whole congregation, showing that his repentance was of the right kind, a...
Psalms 51:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:29-34 ; Acts 2:37-41 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Hosea 6:2 ; Isaiah 57:15-18 ; Job 5:17 ; Job 5:18 ; Luke 4:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Psalms 119:81 ; Psalms 119:82 ; Psalms 126:5 ; Psalms 126:6 ; Ps...
Psalms 51:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Penitent's Prayer Psalms 51:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will set forth, by way of introduction, the story of David's sin and of how he was reproved by Nathan, the Prophet. We may also emphasi...
Psalms 51:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joy — By thy spirit, seal the pardon of my sins on my conscience, which will fill me with joy. Rejoice — That my heart which hath been sorely wounded may be comforted.

Psalms 51:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 51:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 51:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 51:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 51:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 51:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 51:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 51:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 51:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 51:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 51:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes