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Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
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Joy Can Be Lost, Not Salvation
Commentators stress that David's sin did not erase his salvation but stole the joy and peace that came with it. He had known the happiness of being right with God and now, feeling its absence, he pleads for its return. This highlights that while salvation is secure, the experience of its joy is conditional on our walk with God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation - literally, “Cause the joy of thy salvation to return.” This implies that he had…
19th Century
Anglican
Joy of your salvation. —This again points to a sense of restoration of covenant privileges.
Your free s…
Baptist
Restore to me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with your free spirit.
David longs for his Lord to come back to him. When Go…
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16th Century
Protestant
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. He cannot dismiss his grief of mind until he has obtained peace with God. This he declares again …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Restore unto me the joy of your salvation Not temporal, but spiritual and eternal; and designs either Christ himself…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. The uncertain and hidden things. Here he asks for total renewal.
First, he presents the hope that he has. Second, he makes …
