Psalms 51:11

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
away	תַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥נִי tash.li.Khe.ni	H7993	to throw out · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
presence	מִלְּפָנֶ֑יךָ mi.le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
take	תִּקַּ֥ח ti.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
holy	קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ kod.she.cha	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
spirit	וְר֥וּחַ ve.Ru.ach	H7307	wind · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
2 Kings 13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and…
Isaiah 63:10-11 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,…
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to you…
Psalms 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every…
Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:7-13

I. See here what David prays for. Many excellent petitions he here puts up, to which if we do but add, "for Christ's sake," they are as evangelical as any other. 1. He prays that God would cleanse him from his sins and the defilement he had contracted by them (Psa 51:7): "Purge me with hyssop; that is, pardon my sins, and let me know that they are pardoned, that I may be restored to those privileges which by sin I have forfeited and lost." The expression here alludes to a ceremonial distinction, that of cleansing the leper, or those that were unclean by the touch of a body by sprinkling water, or blood, or both upon them with a bunch of hyssop, by which they were, at length, discharged from…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 51:10

Create--a work of almighty power. in me--literally, "to me," or, "for me"; bestow as a gift, a heart free from taint of sin (Psa 24:4; Psa 73:1). renew--implies that he had possessed it; the essential principle of a new nature had not been lost, but its influence interrupted (Luk 22:32); for Psa 51:11 shows that he had not lost God's presence and Spirit (Sa1 16:13), though he had lost the "joy of his salvation" (Psa 51:12), for whose return he prays. right spirit--literally, "constant," "firm," not yielding to temptation.

John Gill on Psalms 51:11

Cast me not away from thy presence,.... As abominable; as a vessel in which he had no pleasure; with indignation and wrath; as one that is angry with another, cannot bear him in his sight, but bids him be gone from him. Nothing is more desirable to a child of God than the presence of God; and nothing gives him more sensible pain than his absence; and even to be deprived of or denied the means of enjoying his presence the word and ordinances, makes them very uneasy: to be utterly, and for ever deprived of it, is the case of the damned in hell, and is the punishment of loss they sustain; and, on the other hand, the happiness of the saints in heaven is to enjoy it without interruption. The peop…

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The Church Fathers

"Cast me not forth from Thy face" (ver. 11). Turn away Thy face from my sins: and "cast me not forth from Thy face." Whose face he feareth, upon the face of the Same he calleth. "And Thy Holy Spirit take not away from me." For in one confessing there is the Holy Spirit. Even now, to the gift of the Holy Spirit it belongeth, that what thou hast done displeaseth thee. The unclean spirit sins do please; the Holy One they displease. Though then thou still implore pardon, yet thou art joined to God on the other part, because the evil thing that thou hast committed displeaseth thee: for the same thing displeaseth both thee and Him. Now, to assail thy fever, ye are two, thou and the Physician. For the reason that there cannot be confession of sin and punishment of sin in a man of himself: when one is angry with himself, and is displeasing to himself, then it is not without the gift of the Holy Spirit, nor doth he say, Thy Holy Spirit give to me, but, "Take not away from me."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 51

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Dictionary and topics

Heart — According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. “Heart” and “soul” are often used interchangeably (Deut. 6:5; 26:16; comp.…
Affliction, Prayer Under · That the Holy Spirit may not be withdrawn — That the Holy Spirit may not be withdrawn
Conscience · GUILTY — GUILTY
Conviction · OF SIN — OF SIN
Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Holy Spirit · 31:3;35:31; — 31:3;35:31;
Homicide · DAVID’S REPENTANCE FOR, AND CONFESSION OF, THE MUR — DAVID’S REPENTANCE FOR, AND CONFESSION OF, THE MUR
Remorse · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Titles And Names Of The Holy Spirit · Holy Spirit — Holy Spirit

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 51:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 51:10

John Gill on Psalms 51:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 51:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 51:10

John Gill on Psalms 51:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Psalms 51:10-12

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 51:10-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 51:11

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 51:11