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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,{HR}That thy people may rejoice in thee?
7Show us thy mercy, O Jehovah,{HR}And grant us thy salvation.
8I will hear what God (El) Jehovah will speak;{HR}For he will speak peace to his people and to his saints;{HR}But let them not turn again to folly.
(Psa. 85:6‑8)
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Job 29:2‑3• 2Who giveth me like the months of old,{HR}Like the days when God guarded me,
3When his lamp, it shone over my head —{HR}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 frowardly in the way of his heart.
18I have seen his ways and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts to 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 the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
11For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for wheat, and for 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 sorrow any more at all.
13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from 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• 5But I in thy mercy have trusted;{HR}My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation; (Psa. 13:5)
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Psa. 21:1• 1To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah, in thy strength the king rejoiceth,{HR}And in thy salvation how exceedingly doth he exult! (Psa. 21:1)
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Psa. 35:9• 9And my soul shall rejoice in Jehovah,{HR}And shall be joyful in his salvation. (Psa. 35:9)
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Isa. 49:13• 13Shout, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains. For Jehovah hath comforted his people and will have mercy on 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 turban, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels. (Isa. 61:10)
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Luke 1:47• 47and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. (Luke 1:47)
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Rom. 5:2‑11• 2through whom also we have had the access into this grace wherein we stand, and boast in hope of the glory of God.
3And not only [so], but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh out endurance;
4and endurance proof, and proof hope:
5and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit that was given to us.
6For Christ, while we were yet weak, died in due time for ungodly [men].
7For hardly in behalf of a righteous [man] will one die: for in behalf of the good [man] perhaps one even dareth to die;
8but God commendeth his own love towards us, because, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9Much more then, having been now justified by his blood, we shall be saved by him from wrath.
10For if while enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11And not only so, but boasting also in God by our Lord Jesus Christ, by 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. (Psalm 51 by H. Smith)
 A “willing spirit” (JND), in contrast to his past sin in defiance of God. (Psalm 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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aRestore unto me the joy of thy salvation,{HR}And let a free spirit uphold me.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, sustain me with a willing spirit.