Psalm 51:14 “Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my ton…”

Psalm 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

World English Bible

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

American Standard Version

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Deliuer me from blood, O God, which art the God of my saluation, and my tongue shall sing ioyfully of thy righteousnes.

Darby Translation

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation

Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

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Cross references

“Deliver”

2 Samuel 12:9 Psalm 26:9 Genesis 9:6 Psalm 55:23 Genesis 42:22 2 Samuel 3:28

2 Samuel 12:9 · BSB

Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Psalm 26:9 · BSB

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

Genesis 9:6 · BSB

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Genesis 42:22 · BSB

And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

2 Samuel 3:28 · BSB

Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

“bloodguiltiness”

Hosea 4:2 Acts 20:26 Ezekiel 33:8 Acts 18:6

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Acts 20:26 · BSB

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

Ezekiel 33:8 · BSB

If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

Acts 18:6 · BSB

But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

“thou God”

Psalm 38:22 Psalm 68:20 Psalm 88:1 Isaiah 12:2 Isaiah 45:17 Habakkuk 3:18

Psalm 38:22 · BSB

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Psalm 68:20 · BSB

Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

Psalm 88:1 · BSB

O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

Isaiah 12:2 · BSB

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 45:17 · BSB

But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.

Habakkuk 3:18 · BSB

yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

“tongue”

Psalm 35:28 Psalm 71:15–24 Psalm 86:12 Psalm 86:13

Psalm 35:28 · BSB

Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

Psalm 71:15–24 · BSB

My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

Psalm 86:12 · BSB

I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.

Psalm 86:13 · BSB

For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

“righteousness”

Romans 10:3 Ezra 9:13 Nehemiah 9:33 Daniel 9:7 Daniel 9:16

Romans 10:3 · BSB

Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Ezra 9:13 · BSB

After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),

Nehemiah 9:33 · BSB

You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

Daniel 9:7 · BSB

To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfait…

Daniel 9:16 · BSB

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your…

Also

Psalm 25:5

Psalm 25:5 · BSB

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

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