Psalm 51:12–13
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51:12Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance!
Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!32
51:13Then I will teach33 rebels your merciful ways,34
and sinners will turn35 to you.
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- 32 Heb “and [with] a willing spirit sustain me.” The psalmist asks that God make him the kind of person who willingly obeys the divine commandments. The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
- 33 The cohortative expresses the psalmist’s resolve. This may be a vow or promise. If forgiven, the psalmist will “repay” the Lord by declaring God’s mercy and motivating other sinners to repent.
- 34 Heb “your ways.” The word “merciful” is added for clarification. God’s “ways” are sometimes his commands, but in this context, where the teaching of God’s ways motivates repentance (see the next line), it is more likely that God’s merciful and compassionate way of dealing with sinners is in view. Thanksgiving songs praising God for his deliverance typically focus on these divine attributes (see Pss 34, 41, 116, 138).
- 35 Or “return,” i.e., in repentance.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Restore the joy of your salvation to me,
and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit.
Then I will teach the rebellious your ways,
and sinners will return to you.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and make me willing to obey you.
Then I will teach your ways to rebels,
and they will return to you.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and with a willing spirit sustain me.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
And uphold me with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
And sinners shall be converted unto thee.
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