KJV King James Version
Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
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Psalm 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
WEB World English Bible
Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
ASV American Standard Version
Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.
Surrounding context — Psalm 51
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
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Job 5:17-18Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:Matthew 5:4Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Hosea 6:1-2Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.Psalm 6:2-3Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.Psalm 119:81-82CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.Psalm 126:5-6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Psalm 35:10All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?Psalm 38:3[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.Psalm 30:11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;Isaiah 57:15-18For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Acts 2:37-41Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?Psalm 13:5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.Acts 16:29-34Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
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