Psalms 51:12

with Thy free spirit: i.e. with. spirit of willing and unforced obedience. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. Compare Exodus 35:5; Exodus 35:22.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation - literally, “Cause the joy of thy salvation to return.” This implies that he had formerly known what wa...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] (k) free spirit. (k) Which may assure me that I am drawn out of the slavery of si...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation He cannot dismiss his grief of mind until he have obtained peace with God. This he declares once...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation - This is an awful prayer. A...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation— i.e. The pleasure I have formerly enjoyed, of having a special interest in thy favour, and of being assur...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. -Prayer for the Spirit fittingly follows his prayers for purification,...
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 n...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

With thy free spirit] RV 'with a free spirit,' a spirit of willing and unforced obedience.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joy of thy salvation. — This again points to a sense of restoration of covenant privileges. Thy free spirit. — Rather, with a willing spirit....
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Sacrifices God Accepts Psalms 51:11-19 It is not enough to be forgiven; the true penitent longs to be kept from breaking out into the old s...
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 histori...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Pardon alone, without the renewings of the Holy Ghost, will not complete the mercy. Hence, David prays not only to be cleansed, but to be renewed, to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ,.... Not temporal, but spiritual and eternal; and designs either Christ himself, who is God's salvation, o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit. Ver. 12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ] He had grieved...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cast me not away from thy presence That is, from thy favour and care. Take not thy Holy Spirit from me Thy sanctifying Spirit, by which alone I c...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Penitential Petitions. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The joy of thy salvation; the comfortable sense of thy saving grace and help, promised and vouchsafed to me, both for my present and everlasting sa...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Prayer For Transformation ( Psalms 51:10-13 ). Genuine repentance seeks not only forgiveness, but transformation of life. It is no good asking f...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:10-12 I. Here is a remarkable outline of a holy character. Of these three gifts "a right spirit," "Thy Holy Spirit," a "free spirit" the...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 51:12 I. The joy of God's salvation is the joy of a sufficient and final answer to the self-upbraidings of a guilty soul. II. The joy of a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

May God graciously grant to all of us the grace which shall enable us to enter into the penitential spirit which is so remarkable in this Psalm! Ps...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

There are many sweet notes in Christian music, but to my own heart there is none so softly, tenderly, sweet as the note of repentance. Full assurance...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation. The fallen Christian praying for spiritual joy He asks that God would clear away his sorrows as well...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

New Obedience as a Fruit of Faith
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, for that is the height of the believer's happiness, if the Lord turns to him in grace, and uphold me with...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:5 ; 2 Corinthians 3:17 ; Galatians 4:6 ; Galatians 4:7 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; Isaiah 49:13 ; Isaiah 57:17 ; Isaiah 57:18 ; Isaiah 61:10...
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 re...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The joy — The comfortable sense of thy saving grace, promised and vouchsafed to me, both for my present and everlasting salvation. Free — Or, ingen...

¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 51:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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