Text -- Psalms 51:14 (NET)

51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 51:14

¹ tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.

² tn Heb “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12-15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv. 12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).