Psalms 51:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵ֣ב טָ֭הוֹר בְּרָא־לִ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ נָ֝כ֗וֹן חַדֵּ֥שׁ בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃

Transliteration

lēb ṭāhôr bərāʾ-to-me ʾĕlōhîm and-rûaḥ nākôn ḥaddēš in-qirbî

Grammar Details

• *lēb*: masculine singular noun - heart
• *ṭāhôr*: masculine singular adjective - clean
• *bərāʾ*: Qal imperative masculine singular - create
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
• *rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - spirit
• *nākôn*: Niphal participle masculine singular - steadfast/firm
• *ḥaddēš*: Piel imperative masculine singular - renew
• *qirbî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my inward part

Word Meanings

• *lēb*: heart/mind/inner person
• *ṭāhôr*: clean/pure/uncontaminated
• *bərāʾ*: create/shape/form (implies divine creation)
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (plural form used for singular deity)
• *rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/wind
• *nākôn*: steadfast/firm/established/ready
• *ḥaddēš*: renew/make new/restore
• *qirbî*: my inward part/midst/inside

Referenced Verses

• Ps 13:5 : 5 But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
• 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,
• Luke 1:47 : 47 and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,
• Rom 5:2-9 : 2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory. 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance, character, and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 (For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God’s wrath. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life? 11 Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
• Rom 8:15 : 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.”
• Gal 4:6-7 : 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jer 31:9-9 : 9 They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’” 10 Listen to the LORD’s message, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say,“The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.” 11 For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them. 12 They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the LORD provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more. 13 The LORD says,“At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow. 14 I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”
• Rom 14:4 : 4 Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
• Isa 57:17-18 : 17 I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn. 18 I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them. I will lead them, and I will provide comfort to them and those who mourn with them.
• Ps 17:5 : 5 I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.
• Ps 35:9 : 9 Then I will rejoice in the LORD and be happy because of his deliverance.
• Ps 85:6-8 : 6 Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you! 7 O LORD, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance! 8 I will listen to what God the LORD says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.
• Ps 119:116-117 : 116 Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me! 117 Support me, so that I will be delivered. Then I will focus on your statutes continually.
• Ps 119:133 : 133 Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!
• Ps 19:13 : 13 Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion.
• Ps 21:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in the strength you give; he takes great delight in the deliverance you provide.
• Job 29:2-3 : 2 “O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me, 3 when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
• Isa 49:13 : 13 Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the LORD consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.
• Jer 10:23 : 23 LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.