Psalms Chapter 51 verse 11 Holy Bible
Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
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Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.
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Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not the spirit of thy holiness from me.
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Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
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Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
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Don't throw me from your presence, And don't take your holy Spirit from me.
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Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.
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Psalms 51 : 11 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Cast me not away from thy presence. To he "cast away from God's presence" is to be altogether cast out of his covenant, made an alien from him, deprived of his favour and the light of his countenance (see Genesis 4:14; 2 Kings 13:23). The psalmist deprecates so terrible a punishment, although he feels that he has deserved it. And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. God's Holy Spirit had been poured upon David when he was first anointed by Samuel to the kingly office (1 Samuel 16:13). His great sins had undoubtedly "grieved" and vexed the Spirit; and, had they been continued or not repented of, would have caused him to withdraw himself; but they had not "wholly quenched the Spirit" (1 Thessalonians 5:19). David was therefore able to pray, as he does, that the Holy Spirit of God might still be vouchsafed to him, and not be "taken away," as from one wholly unworthy.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Cast me not away.--This phrase is used of the formal rejection of Israel by the God of the covenant (2Kings 13:23; 2Kings 17:20; 2Kings 24:20; Jeremiah 7:15). Its use here not only confirms the explanation of the notes above, but makes in favour of understanding the whole psalm of the community.Take not thy holy spirit.--Commentators have discussed whether this means the spirit of office given to the king on his anointing (1Samuel 16:13), or of grace, and Calvinists and Lutherans have made the text a battle-ground of controversy. Plainly, as the parallelism shows, the petition is equivalent to a prayer against rejection from the Divine favour, and is not to be pressed into any doctrinal discussion. . . .