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A Creative Miracle
Commentators emphasize David's use of the word 'create,' the same term from Genesis 1:1. He recognized that changing his sinful heart was not a matter of self-improvement but required a supernatural act of God. This prayer acknowledges that only God's creative power can make a person new from the inside out.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 51:10
18th Century
Theologian
Create in me a clean heart, O God - The word rendered “create,” ברא b râ' - is a word which is properly employed …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 51:10
19th Century
Bishop
Right spirit.—The Septuagint and Vulgate render it so; but the marginal reading constant is closer to the Hebrew, and bet…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 51:10
19th Century
Preacher
Create in me a clean heart, O God;
He feels that he needs his Creator to again perform his great creating work. David knows that he…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 51:10
16th Century
Theologian
Create in me a clean heart, O God! In the previous part of the psalm, David has been praying for pardon. He now requests that the grace of…
John Gill
On Psalms 51:10
17th Century
Pastor
Create in me a clean heart, O God
Which was now defiled with sin, and of which being convinced, he was led more and …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 51:7–15
17th Century
Minister
Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a living faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hys…