Psalms 51:10 (WEB)

Passage

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 51:8 Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

Psalms 51:9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.

Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Psalms 51:11 Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me.

Psalms 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "create", "clean", "heart", "renew", "right", and "within". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "create", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Hide your face from my sins and..." into verse 11's "Don t throw me from your presence...", so "Spirit" and "create" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "create" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.