Psalms 51 · Verse 14

Psalms 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psalms 51:14, King James Version

Psalms 51:14 in other translations

BSBDeliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
WEBDeliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
ASVDeliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
YLTDeliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.
DARBYDeliver me from blood-guiltiness, OGod, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
BBEBe my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.
WebsterDeliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

What does Psalms 51:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. Deliver--or, "Free me" (Psa 39:8) from the guilt of murder (2Sa 12:9, 10; Psa 5:6). righteousness--as in Psa 7:17; 31:1.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness - This is one of the expressions that gives most color to the propriety of the title affixed to this Psalm. Here he may have in view the death of Uriah, and consider that his blood cries for vengeance against him; and nothing but the mere mercy of God can wipe this blood from his conscience. The prayer here is earnest and energetic: O God! thou God of my salvation! deliver me! The Chaldee reads, "Deliver me (מדין קטול middin ketol) from the judgment of slaughter." My tongue shall sing aloud - My tongue shall praise thy righteousness. I shall testify to all that thou hast the highest displeasure against sin, and wilt excuse it in no person; and that so merciful art thou, that if a sinner turn to thee with a deeply penitent and broken heart, thou wilt forgive his iniquities. None, from my case, can ever presume; none, from my case, need ever despair.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 51:7-15

Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a lively faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop. The blood of Christ is called the blood of sprinkling, He 12:24. If this blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, cleanse us from our sin, then we shall be clean indeed, He 10:2. He asks not to be comforted, till he is first cleansed; if sin, the bitter root of…

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Psalms 51:14 in the original Hebrew

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הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִיha.Tzi.Le.nideliver meH5337
מִדָּמִ֨ים\׀mi.da.Mimfrom blood<s>H1818
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים'elo.HimO GodH430
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑יte.shu.'a.Tisalvation myH8668
תְּרַנֵּ֥ןte.ra.Nenit will shout for joyH7442
לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗יle.sho.Nitongue myH3956
צִדְקָתֶֽךָ\׃tzid.ka.Te.charighteousness yourH6666

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 51:14

  • Psalms 35:28

    And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Psalms 26:9

    Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

  • Acts 20:26

    Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

  • Romans 10:3

    For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

  • Genesis 9:6

    Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

  • Habakkuk 3:18

    Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

  • Ezekiel 33:8

    When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • Psalms 25:5

    Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

  • Isaiah 45:17

    But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

  • Psalms 55:23

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deliver.
26:9; 55:23; Ge 9:6; 42:22; 2Sa 3:28; 11:15-17; 12:9; 21:1
bloodguiltiness. Heb. bloods.
Eze 33:8; Ho 4:2; Ac 18:6; 20:26
thou God.
38:22; 68:20; 88:1; Isa 12:2; 45:17; Hab 3:18
tongue.
35:28; 71:15-24; 86:12,13
righteousness.
Ezr 9:13; Ne 9:33; Da 9:7,16; Ro 10:3

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Context

  • Psalms 51:13

    Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

  • Psalms 51:14

    Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  • Psalms 51:15

    O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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Psalms 51:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Líbrame de homicidios, oh Dios, Dios de mi salud: cantará mi lengua tu justicia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Rends-moi la joie de ton salut, et qu’un esprit de franche volonté me soutienne.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Errette mich von Blutschuld, Gott, du Gott meiner Rettung, so wird meine Zunge jubelnd preisen deine Gerechtigkeit.