Psalms 51:8

NETBible

Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! 1  May the bones 2  you crushed rejoice! 3 

NIV ©

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

NASB ©

Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

NLT ©

Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me––now let me rejoice.

MSG ©

Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing.

BBE ©

Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

NRSV ©

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.

NKJV ©

Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

KJV
Make me to hear
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joy
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and gladness
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[that] the bones
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[which] thou hast broken
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NASB ©
Make me to hear
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joy
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and gladness
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, Let the bones
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which You have broken
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rejoice
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LXXM
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P-AS
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N-ASF
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CONJ
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N-ASF
agalliasontai {V-FMI-3P} osta
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N-NPN
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NET [draft] ITL
Grant
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me the ultimate joy
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of being forgiven
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! May the bones
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you crushed
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rejoice
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!
HEBREW
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twmue
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hxmvw
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Nwvv
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(51:8)
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NETBible

Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! 1  May the bones 2  you crushed rejoice! 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “cause me to hear happiness and joy.” The language is metonymic: the effect of forgiveness (joy) has been substituted for its cause. The psalmist probably alludes here to an assuring word from God announcing that his sins are forgiven (a so-called oracle of forgiveness). The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request. The synonyms “happiness” and “joy” are joined together as a hendiadys to emphasize the degree of joy he anticipates.

2 sn May the bones you crushed rejoice. The psalmist compares his sinful condition to that of a person who has been physically battered and crushed. Within this metaphorical framework, his “bones” are the seat of his emotional strength.

3 tn In this context of petitionary prayer, the prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, expressing the psalmist’s wish or request.