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Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

Psalms 51:17

In 11 translations

BSB
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
KJV
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
WEB
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
ASV
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
LSV
The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, || A heart broken and bruised, O God, || You do not despise.
YLT
The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.
DBY
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.ElohimElohim
DRC50:19
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
GNV
The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
JPS51:19
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
LXXE50:19
Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

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Original-language editions

WLC51:19
זִֽבְחֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים֮ ר֪וּחַ נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה לֵב־נִשְׁבָּ֥ר וְנִדְכֶּ֑ה אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א תִבְזֶֽה׃KJV:Ps.51.17
LXX-Br50:19
Θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον, καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
  • Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  • Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
  • Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
  • Mark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
  • Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:12–13And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He…
  • Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
  • Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…
  • Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
  • 1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn…
  • Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
  • Psalms 107:22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
  • Psalms 22:24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
  • Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 51:19 in some Bibles
  • 51:17 in most Bibles

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