the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Psalms 51:12
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Restore to me the joy of Your salvationAnd sustain me with a willing spirit.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Geue me agayne the comfort of thy saluation: and confirme me with a free wyllyng spirite.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Your help made me so happy. Give me that joy again. Make my spirit strong and ready to obey you.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Restore vnto me the ioy of thy saluation: and vphold mee with thy free Spirit.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne, and stablish me with thy fre sprete.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.
Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
Make me as happy as you did when you saved me; make me want to obey!
Create in me a clean heart, God; renew in me a resolute spirit.
Restore to me the ioy of thy saluation, and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy glorious spirit,
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Create me a clean heart, O God; and renew a stedfast spirit within me.
Let the joy of Your saving power return to me. And give me a willing spirit to obey you.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation: and uphold me with a free spirit.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, And, with a willing spirit, wilt thou uphold me: -
(50-14) Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and with a willing spirit sustain me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Give me back the joy of your salvation. Keep me strong by giving me a willing spirit.
Give me again the joy that comes from your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
Restore the joy of Your salvation to me, and give me a willing spirit.
Yiue thou to me the gladnesse of thyn helthe; and conferme thou me with the principal spirit.
Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Restore: Psalms 85:6-8, Job 29:2, Job 29:3, Isaiah 57:17, Isaiah 57:18, Jeremiah 31:9-14
joy: Psalms 13:5, Psalms 21:1, Psalms 35:9, Isaiah 49:13, Isaiah 61:10, Luke 1:47, Romans 5:2-11
uphold: Psalms 17:5, Psalms 19:13, Psalms 119:116, Psalms 119:117, Psalms 119:133, Isaiah 41:10, Jeremiah 10:23, Romans 14:4, 1 Peter 1:5, Jude 1:24
free: Romans 8:15, 2 Corinthians 3:17, Galatians 4:6, Galatians 4:7
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 4:10 - that it may 2 Chronicles 32:31 - left him Psalms 9:14 - I will Psalms 23:3 - restoreth Psalms 32:6 - For this Psalms 35:3 - say Psalms 37:17 - Lord Psalms 86:4 - Rejoice Psalms 116:12 - General Haggai 2:5 - so Zechariah 12:10 - the spirit Luke 22:32 - strengthen Romans 8:2 - hath Galatians 2:4 - liberty Galatians 5:1 - the liberty
Gill's Notes on the 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, of his appointing and providing, in the view of whom, as such, David had much spiritual joy; or the salvation he was to work out, which God the Father had contrived the scheme of in him, had covenanted with him to do, and had appointed his people to: salvation itself is a sure thing, and can never fail, being founded upon the purpose and counsel of God, which shall ever stand; and is secured in the covenant of grace, which can never be removed; and is now completely wrought out by Christ, and is applied by his Spirit to the heirs of it, who shall certainly and fully enjoy it; otherwise the glory of all the three Persons in it would be lost: but the joy of it may be interrupted and discontinued for a while, through falls into sin, as this case of David, and the case of Peter, show; and therefore a restoration of it is desired, by showing a fresh interest in this salvation; and particularly by an application of pardoning grace and mercy; see Psalms 35:3;
and uphold me [with thy] free Spirit: or "let thy free Spirit uphold me" n; the same with the Holy Spirit of God; called "free", because he is a most free and munificent giver: he gives his grace, and bestows his gifts severally, as he pleases, and liberally, and upbraids not; and because he is freely given of God; his graces are freely given, as faith, hope, love, c. and because he frees them to whom he is given from the bondage of sin and corruption, and makes them Christ's free men, and delivers them into the liberty of the children of God and so is a spirit of adoption, in opposition to a spirit of bondage, by which they have freedom and boldness to call God their Father; and by whom also they have liberty of soul at the throne of grace, and can freely make known their requests, and spread their cases before God; see Romans 8:15; also he may be so called, because he makes the saints ready and willing to obey the will of God, and to run with cheerfulness the way of his commandments; and is moreover "a princely spirit" o, or beneficent, as some choose to render the words; and which becomes such who are set among princes, and are made kings and priests unto God: and with this spirit the psalmist desires to be "upheld", to be strengthened by it, to do the will and work of God, that so he might not stumble and fall into sin as he had done; that he might be stayed, supported, and comforted with it, as the Holy Spirit of promise; that so he might not faint and sink under his present sense of sin, and the guilt of it; and that he would be not only a guide unto him in the ways of God, but that he would hold up his goings in them, that so he might walk both at liberty and in safety. The Targum interprets this also of the spirit of prophecy.
n So Vatablus, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus, Schmidt. o רוח נדיבה πνευματι ηγεμονικω, Sept. "spiritu principali", V. L. Tigurine version; "munifico", so some in Vatablus.
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 was the happiness of being a friend of God, and of having a hope of salvation. That joy had been taken from him by his sin. He had lost his peace of mind. His soul was sad and cheerless. Sin always produces this effect. The only way to enjoy religion is to do that which is right; the only way to secure the favor of God is to obey his commands; the only way in which we can have comforting evidence that we are his children is by doing that which shall be pleasing to him: 1 John 2:29; 1Jo 3:7, 1 John 3:10. The path of sin is a dark path, and in that path neither hope nor comfort can be found.
And uphold me with thy free spirit - That is, Sustain me; keep me from falling. The words ““with thy”” are not in the original, and there is nothing there to indicate that by the word “spirit” the psalmist refers to the Spirit of God, though it should be observed that there is nothing “against” such a supposition. The word rendered “free” - נדיב nâdı̂yb - means properly “willing, voluntary, ready, prompt;” 1 Chronicles 28:21; Exodus 35:5. Then the word means liberal, generous, noble-minded; Isaiah 32:5, Isaiah 32:8; Proverbs 17:7, Proverbs 17:26. It would seem here to mean “a “willing” spirit,” referring to David’s own mind or spirit; and the prayer is, that God would uphold or sustain him “in” a “willing” spirit or state of mind; that is, a state of mind in which he would he “willing” and “ready” to obey all the commands of God, and to serve him faithfully. What he prayed for was grace and strength that he might be “kept” in a state of mind which would be constant and firm Psalms 51:10, and a state in which he would always be found “willing” and ready to keep the commandments of God. It is a proper object of prayer by all that they may be always kept in a state of mind in which they will be willing to do all that God requires of them, and to bear all that may be laid on them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 51:12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation — This is an awful prayer. And why? Because it shows he once HAD the joy of God's salvation; and had LOST it by sin!
Uphold me with thy free spirit. — Prop me up; support me with a princely spirit, one that will not stoop to a mean or base act. See on Psalms 51:10.
