Psalm 51:8
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- 22 Heb “cause me to hear happiness and joy.” The language is metonymic: the effect of forgiveness (joy) has been substituted for its cause. The psalmist probably alludes here to an assuring word from God announcing that his sins are forgiven (a so-called oracle of forgiveness). The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request. The synonyms “happiness” and “joy” are joined together as a hendiadys to emphasize the degree of joy he anticipates.
- 23 May the bones you crushed rejoice. The psalmist compares his sinful condition to that of a person who has been physically battered and crushed. Within this metaphorical framework, his “bones” are the seat of his emotional strength.
- 24 In this context of petitionary prayer, the prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, expressing the psalmist’s wish or request.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Oh, give me back my joy again;
you have broken me—
now let me rejoice.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Make me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Make me to hear joy and gladness;
That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
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