Psalms 51:9
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psalms 51:9 in other translations
| BSB | Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. |
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| WEB | Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities. |
| ASV | Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities. |
| YLT | Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out. |
| DARBY | Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. |
| BBE | Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins. |
| Webster | Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. |
What does Psalms 51:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 51:7-12
7-12. A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying. Purge ... hyssop--The use of this plant in the ritual (Ex 12:22; Nu 19:6, 18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Nu 19:17-20).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Psalms 51:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 51:9
- Jeremiah 16:17
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
- Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Colossians 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
- Psalms 51:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath–sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
- Isaiah 38:17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
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Context
- Psalms 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
- Psalms 51:9
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
- Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 51:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Esconde tu rostro de mis pecados, y borra todas mis maldades. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Purifie-moi du péché avec de l’hysope, et je serai pur; lave-moi, et je serai plus blanc que la neige. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verbirg dein Angesicht vor meinen Sünden, und tilge alle meine Ungerechtigkeiten! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua. |