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Psalms 51:8
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Make me to hear joy and gladness,Let the bones which You have crushed rejoice.
Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
Make thou me to heare [some] ioy and gladnesse: let the bones reioyce which thou hast broken.
Make me to hear gladness and joy; [that] the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
Cause me to hear joy and gladness; the bones You have crushed will rejoice.
Let me hear sounds of joy and happiness again. Let the bones you crushed be happy again.
Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Make mee to heare ioy and gladnesse: that the bones which thou hast broken, may reioyce.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse, that the bones which thou hast broken, maye reioyse.
Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!
Let me be happy and joyful! You crushed my bones, now let them celebrate.
Still, you want truth in the inner person; so make me know wisdom in my inmost heart.
Make me to heare ioye and gladnes, that the bones, which thou hast broken, may reioyce.
Satisfy me with thy joy and gladness, that my broken spirit may rejoice.
Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.
Make me hear joy and happiness. Let the bones that You have broken be full of joy.
Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.
(50-10) To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Make me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
Let me hear joy and gladness, Let the bones You have broken rejoice.
Make me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you crushed be happy again.
Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness; and though you have crushed me and broken me, I will be happy once again.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Yyue thou ioie, and gladnesse to myn heryng; and boonys maad meke schulen ful out make ioye.
Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.
Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Make: Psalms 13:5, Psalms 30:11, Psalms 119:81, Psalms 119:82, Psalms 126:5, Psalms 126:6, Matthew 5:4
bones: Psalms 6:2, Psalms 6:3, Psalms 38:3, Job 5:17, Job 5:18, Isaiah 57:15-18, Hosea 6:1, Hosea 6:2, Luke 4:18, Acts 2:37-41, Acts 16:29-34
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 4:10 - that it may Job 20:14 - his meat Psalms 25:18 - forgive Psalms 30:2 - and Psalms 32:3 - bones Psalms 35:10 - All Proverbs 6:33 - A wound Isaiah 38:13 - as a lion Lamentations 3:4 - he hath Luke 15:32 - was meet Romans 4:7 - General Hebrews 5:9 - eternal
Gill's Notes on the 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 lost, yet his sensible presence, which puts joy and gladness into the heart, may; and though an interest in Christ ever continues, and union to him is always the same; yet a view of interest in him, which fills with joy unspeakable and full of glory, and communion with him, may not be had for a time: and though justification by his righteousness, from whence flows much peace, is an invariable blessing; yet the comfortable perception of it may be taken away: and though salvation by Christ is a certain thing, yet the joy of it may be lost for a season; which was now the case of the psalmist: and when he desires that God would cause him to hear joy and gladness, his meaning is, that he might have that made known unto him; namely, the forgiveness of his sins, which would give him joy: not by an articulate voice from heaven, which he did not expect; nor by an angel from thence, which was not usual; but by the prophet, who as yet might not have declared to him that God had put away his sin; or, if he had, he might desire to have it repeated, for his fuller assurance, and greater joy; or by his Spirit, in an impulse on his mind, saying to him, thy sins are forgiven thee; which would give him great joy, fulness of it, even what is inconceivable and inexpressible, signified by these two words, "joy" and "gladness";
[that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice: a backsliding believer is not only like a bone out of joint, Galatians 6:1; but his falls are sometimes both to the bruising of him, and to the breaking of his bones; of which when he is sensible, the quick sense of his sin is as the pain of a broken bone; see Psalms 38:3; and here the breaking of them is ascribed to God; not that he is the cause or occasion of falling into sin, which breaks the bones, James 1:13; but of afflictions, corrections, and chastisements for sin, which are sometimes expressed by this phrase, Isaiah 38:13; and which David was threatened with, and gave him great uneasiness; and of the menaces and threatenings of the law, which being let into his conscience, worked wrath and terror there; and also of that true contrition of heart, and brokenness of spirit, which the Lord produces, and can only cure, by the discoveries of pardoning grace; which affects the whole frame of nature, the report of which makes the bones fat, and all of them to say, who is a God like unto thee? Proverbs 15:30.
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 and condemnation. God now condemned him. The law condemned him. His own conscience condemned him. The result was anguish and sorrow. The burden was great and overpowering - such as to crush him; to break all his “bones.” He longed to hear the sweet voice of forgiveness, by which he might have peace, and by which his soul might be made to rejoice. Compare the notes at Psalms 32:1-2.
That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice - That is, which have been crushed or broken by the weight of sin. Compare the notes at Psalms 32:3. See also Psalms 6:2; Psalms 22:14; Psalms 31:10; Psalms 38:3. The word “rejoice” means here, be free from suffering; the prayer is that the burden which had crushed him might be removed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 51:8. Make me to hear joy — Let me have a full testimony of my reconciliation to thee; that the soul, which is so deeply distressed by a sense of thy displeasure, may be healed by a sense of thy pardoning mercy.
