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Psalms 51:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.

Psalms 51:8 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

To hear joy. David longed for the sweet voice of God’s forgiveness (see on Ps. 32:1, 2). This was his supreme desire.

Bones. Compare Ps. 6:2.

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