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Psalm 51:11

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51:11Do not reject me!29

Do not take your Holy Spirit30 away from me!31

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Footnotes

  1. 29 Heb “do not cast me away from before you.”
  2. 30 Your Holy Spirit. The personal Spirit of God is mentioned frequently in the OT, but only here and in Isa 63:10–11 is he called “your/his Holy Spirit.”
  3. 31 Do not take … away. The psalmist expresses his fear that, due to his sin, God will take away the Holy Spirit from him. NT believers enjoy the permanent gift of the Holy Spirit and need not make such a request nor fear such a consequence. However, in the OT God’s Spirit empowered certain individuals for special tasks and only temporarily resided in them. For example, when God rejected Saul as king and chose David to replace him, the divine Spirit left Saul and came upon David (1 Sam 16:13–14).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Cast me not away from your presence,

and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not cast me from your presence

or take your Holy Spirit from me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not banish me from your presence

or take your Holy Spirit from me.

NLTNew Living Translation

Do not banish me from your presence,

and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not cast me away from your presence,

and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Cast me not away from thy presence;

And take not thy holy spirit from me.