# Psalms 51.9 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 7. Purify 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. (Psalms 51:7-11, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 7. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8. Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice. > > **9. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.** > > 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. (Psalms 51:7-11, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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. right: or, constant 11. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. (Psalms 51:7-11, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 7. Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter. 8. Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised. > > **9. Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.** > > 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. (Psalms 51:7-11, 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._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Argument from Forgiveness](/codex/argument-from-forgiveness/), via [Psalms 51.1-12](/codex/psalms-51-1-12/) **Lexicon:** - [H5771 - avon](/codex/h5771-avon/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## 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.