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 receiving from thy Spirit the inward assurance of that forgiveness of which Nathan has given me the outward. David's bones were broken figuratively, by the accusations of conscience, and the law's condemnation of him, because of his sin, Literally, too, in a sense, his bones were broken-that is, his bodily strength was much enfeebled by the inward agitation of his mind (Psalms 6:2; Psalms 38:3).