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Psalm 51

Psa. 51:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Restore
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
unto me the joy
sasown (Hebrew #8342)
from 7797; cheerfulness; specifically, welcome
KJV usage: gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.
Pronounce: saw-sone'
Origin: or sason {saw-sone'}
of thy salvation
yesha` (Hebrew #3468)
from 3467; liberty, deliverance, prosperity
KJV usage: safety, salvation, saving.
Pronounce: yeh'-shah
Origin: or yeshai {yay'-shah}
; and uphold
camak (Hebrew #5564)
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
KJV usage: bear up, establish, (up-)hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
Pronounce: saw-mak'
Origin: a primitive root
me with thy free
nadiyb (Hebrew #5081)
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
KJV usage: free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing ((hearted)).
Pronounce: naw-deeb'
Origin: from 5068
g spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
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Restore.
Psa. 85:6‑8• 6Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation.
8I will hear what *God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly.
(Psa. 85:6‑8)
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Job 29:2‑3• 2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;
3When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
(Job 29:2‑3)
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Isa. 57:17‑18• 17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.
18I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.
(Isa. 57:17‑18)
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Jer. 31:9‑14• 9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare it to the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.
11For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
12And they shall come and sing aloud upon the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for corn, and for new wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not languish any more at all.
13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into gladness, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow.
14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.
(Jer. 31:9‑14)
joy.
Psa. 13:5• 5As for me, I have confided in thy loving-kindness; my heart shall be joyful in thy salvation. (Psa. 13:5)
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Psa. 21:1• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice. (Psa. 21:1)
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Psa. 35:9• 9And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation. (Psa. 35:9)
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Isa. 49:13• 13Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones. (Isa. 49:13)
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Isa. 61:10• 10I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with the priestly turban, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. (Isa. 61:10)
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Luke 1:47• 47and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. (Luke 1:47)
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Rom. 5:2‑11• 2by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
3And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;
4and endurance, experience; and experience, hope;
5and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us:
6for we being still without strength, in the due time Christ has died for the ungodly.
7For scarcely for the just man will one die, for perhaps for the good man some one might also dare to die;
8but God commends *his* love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.
9Much rather therefore, having been now justified in the power of his blood, we shall be saved by him from wrath.
10For if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much rather, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in the power of his life.
11And not only that, but we are making our boast in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we have received the reconciliation.
(Rom. 5:2‑11)
uphold.
free.
 What verse 12 looks for we may have to look for, the joy of salvation to be restored, and the having the heart established with God's free Spirit, that liberty before God and in His service which is enjoyed through the ungrieved Spirit by the soul that knows redemption and the blessed light of God's countenance. In David there was the uncertainty of repeated forgiveness, abiding acceptance being unknown, and of great sin. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 49-54 by J.N. Darby)
 Thus suited for God’s presence, and filled with the Spirit, he would be led again into the joy of salvation. (Psalms 51 by H. Smith)
 A “willing spirit” (JND), in contrast to his past sin in defiance of God. (Psalms 51 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain med.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "uphold me with a willing spirit."