Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Create--a work of almighty power.
in me--literally, "to me," or, "for me"; bestow as a gift, a heart free from taint of sin (Psalms 24:4; Psalms 73:1).
renew--implies that he had possessed it; the essential principle of a new nature had not been lost, but its influence interrupted (Luke 22:32); for Psalms 51:11 shows that he had not lost God's presence and Spirit (1 Samuel 16:13), though he had lost the "joy of his salvation" (Psalms 51:12), for whose return he prays.
right spirit--literally, "constant," "firm," not yielding to temptation.
A series of prayers for forgiveness and purifying.
Purge . . . hyssop--The use of this plant in the ritual (Exodus 12:22; Numbers 19:6, Numbers 19:18) suggests the idea of atonement as prominent here; "purge" refers to vicarious satisfaction (Numbers 19:17-20).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Psalms 78:37
Isaiah 1:16
Ezekiel 11:19
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