KJV King James Version
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 51:9
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
WEB World English Bible
Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.
ASV American Standard Version
Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.
Surrounding context — Psalm 51
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.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
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Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.Micah 7:18-19Who [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.Colossians 2:14Blotting 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;Psalm 51:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.Isaiah 38:17Behold, 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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