# Psalms 51.12

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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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> **12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.**
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> 13. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. (Psalms 51:10-14, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. 11. Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me.
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> **12. Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.**
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> 13. Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you. 14. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. (Psalms 51:10-14, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. <sup>right: or, constant</sup> 11. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
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> **12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.**
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> 13. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. <sup>bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods</sup> (Psalms 51:10-14, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 10. A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me. 11. Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.
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> **12. Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.**
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> 13. I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return. 14. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness. (Psalms 51:10-14, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Forgiveness](/codex/argument-from-forgiveness/), via [Psalms 51.1-12](/codex/psalms-51-1-12/)

**Lexicon:**

- [H7307 - ruach](/codex/h7307-ruach/), via [Psalms 51.10-12](/codex/psalms-51-10-12/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.