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Psalm 51

Psa. 51:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theni will I teach
lamad (Hebrew #3925)
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
KJV usage: (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).
Pronounce: law-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
transgressors
pasha` (Hebrew #6586)
to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
KJV usage: offend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).
Pronounce: paw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 6585 through the idea of expansion)
thy ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
; and sinners
chatta' (Hebrew #2400)
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
KJV usage: offender, sinful, sinner.
Pronounce: khat-taw'
Origin: intensively from 2398
shall be converted
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 thee.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 32:5,8‑10• 5I make known my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not covered;{HR}I said I will confess concerning my transgressions unto Jehovah,{HR}And thou hast taken away the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go;{HR}I will fix mine eye upon thee.
9Be ye not as a horse [or] as a mule, without understanding:{HR}With a bit and bridle his mouth is to be curbed lest he come near unto thee.
10Many sorrows [are there] to the wicked;{HR}But he that trusteth in Jehovah, mercy shall encompass him.
(Psa. 32:5,8‑10)
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Zech. 3:1‑8• 1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
2And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; even Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4And he spoke and said unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with costly raiment.
5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre on his head, and clothed him with the garments. And the angel of Jehovah stood up.
6And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,
7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts; and I will give thee a place to walk among these that stand by.
8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy companions that sit before thee: for they are men of a sign or portent: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
(Zech. 3:1‑8)
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Luke 22:32• 32but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not, and thou, when once turned back establish thy brethren. (Luke 22:32)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
16He saith to him again a second time, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.
17He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.
(John 21:15‑17)
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Acts 2:38‑41• 38And Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God shall call to [him].
40And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
41Those then that accepted his word were baptized; and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
(Acts 2:38‑41)
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Acts 9:19‑22• 19and he took food and was strengthened. And he f was certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20And immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, g that he is the Son of God.
21And all that heard [him] were amazed and said, Is not this he, that in Jerusalem made havoc of those that called on this name, and had come hither for this thing, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests?
22But Saul increased the more in power and confounded the Jews that dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
(Acts 9:19‑22)
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2 Cor. 5:8‑20• 8we are confident and well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
9Wherefore also we are zealous that, whether present or absent, we may be agreeable to him.
10For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body according to what he did, whether good or evil.
11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men; but we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.
12For we are not again commending ourselves to you, but giving you occasion to boast on our behalf, that ye may have [it] with those boasting in face and not in heart.
13For whether we were beside ourselves, [it is] to God; or are sober, [it is] for you.
14For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that if one died for all, then they all were dead;
15and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose.
16So that we henceforth know no one as to flesh: if we have even known Christ as to flesh, yet now are we no longer knowing [him];
17so that, if one [is] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, they are become new.
18And they all [are] of God that reconciled us to himself by Christ and gave to us the ministry of the reconciliation:
19how that it was God in Christ reconciling [the] world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences, and putting in us the word of the reconciliation.
20For Christ then we are ambassadors, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God:
(2 Cor. 5:8‑20)
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converted.
Psa. 19:7• 7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple. (Psa. 19:7)
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Isa. 6:10• 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make its ears heavy, and smear its eyes: lest it see with its eyes, and hear with its ears, and its heart understand, and it be converted, and be healed. (Isa. 6:10)
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Jer. 31:18• 18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. (Jer. 31:18)
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Matt. 18:3• 3and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 18:3)
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Acts 3:19• 19Repent therefore, and be converted for the blotting out of your sins, so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, (Acts 3:19)
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Acts 15:3• 3They therefore having been set forward by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they caused great joy to all the brethren. (Acts 15:3)
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Acts 26:18‑20• 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19Whence, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20but reported both to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
(Acts 26:18‑20)
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James 5:19‑20• 19My brethren, if any among you should err from the truth, and one turn him back,
20let him know that he that turneth back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
(James 5:19‑20)
 The soul is not yet restored in the psalm, nor free before God; it is looking for it. When it is, it can teach others freely. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 49-54 by J.N. Darby)
 The repentant sinner, now restored, would be able to teach others in the ways of God so that sinners would be turned to God. (Psalm 51 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee.

W. Kelly Translation

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I will teach transgressors thy ways,{HR}And sinners shall turn unto thee.