Psalm 51:14
New International Version
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

New Living Translation
Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.

English Standard Version
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

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

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

New King James Version
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

New American Standard Bible
Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

NASB 1995
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

NASB 1977
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Thy righteousness.

Legacy Standard Bible
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

Amplified Bible
Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

Christian Standard Bible
Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God — God of my salvation — and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing 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.

Contemporary English Version
Keep me from any deadly sin. Only you can save me! Then I will shout and sing about your power to save.

English Revised Version
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, my savior. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness!

Good News Translation
Spare my life, O God, and save me, and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness.

International Standard Version
Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.

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

NET Bible
Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

New Heart English Bible
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, 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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, "" My tongue sings of Your righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation
Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

Smith's Literal Translation
Deliver me from bloods, O God the God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in thy justice.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice.

New American Bible
Rescue me from violent bloodshed, God, my saving God, and my tongue will sing joyfully of your justice.

New Revised Standard Version
Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Deliver me from bloodshedding, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Save me from blood, my God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will praise your righteousness!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; So shall my tongue sing aloud of Thy righteousness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You. 14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. 15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.…

Cross References
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Romans 3:23-24
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, / and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:15
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Titus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Colossians 1:13-14
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, / in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Ezekiel 36:25-27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Deliver

Psalm 26:9
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

bloodguiltiness [heb.

Ezekiel 33:8
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Acts 18:6
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

thou God

Psalm 38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalm 68:20
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

Psalm 88:1
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

tongue

Psalm 35:28
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Psalm 71:15-24
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof

Psalm 86:12,13
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore…

righteousness

Ezra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

Nehemiah 9:33
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

Daniel 9:7,16
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee…

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Psalm 51
1. David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession
6. He prays for sanctification
16. God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity
18. He prays for the church














Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God
The phrase "Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God," is a plea for divine intervention and forgiveness. The Hebrew word for "deliver" is "נָצַל" (natsal), which conveys a sense of being snatched away or rescued from danger. This reflects David's urgent need for God's saving grace. "Bloodguilt" refers to the guilt of shedding blood, particularly in the context of David's sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. In ancient Israel, bloodguilt was a serious offense, requiring atonement. David acknowledges his sin and seeks God's mercy, understanding that only God can cleanse him from such a grave transgression.

the God of my salvation
Here, "the God of my salvation" emphasizes the personal relationship David has with God. The Hebrew word for "salvation" is "יְשׁוּעָה" (yeshuah), which means deliverance or rescue. This term is often used in the Old Testament to describe God's saving acts. By calling God "the God of my salvation," David is expressing his faith in God's power to save and redeem him from his sins. It highlights the belief that salvation is not just a future hope but a present reality for those who trust in God.

and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness
The phrase "and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness" is a vow of praise and testimony. The Hebrew word for "sing" is "רָנַן" (ranan), which means to shout for joy or to sing aloud. This indicates a response of exuberant worship and gratitude. "Righteousness" in Hebrew is "צְדָקָה" (tsedaqah), which refers to God's moral perfection and justice. David promises that once he is delivered, he will proclaim God's righteousness, acknowledging that God's justice and mercy are perfectly balanced. This reflects a heart transformed by grace, eager to testify to God's goodness and faithfulness.

(14) Bloodguiltiness . . .--Literally, as in the margin, bloods. So in LXX. and in Vulg., but thus hardly making it clear whether the word implies the guilt of blood already shed or anticipated violence. The latter would rather have taken the form of Psalm 59:2, "from men of blood." Probably we should read "from death," as in Psalm 56:13.

Verse 14. - Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God. In David's mouth this prayer is readily intelligible. In that of Babylonian exiles, the victims of oppression and wrong, it would be most extraordinary. Thou God of my salvation (comp. Psalm 18:46; Psalm 25:5; Psalm 27:9: 88:1, etc.). And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. In further acknowledgment of God's goodness, and as, in some sort, a return for it, David will employ himself in singing the praises of God (see his many psalms of praise) and will especially exalt God's righteousness. "Jehovah," as Professor Cheyne observes, "is equally righteous when he sends and when he removes chastisements."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Deliver me
הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי (haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

from bloodguilt,
מִדָּמִ֨ים ׀ (mid·dā·mîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

O God,
אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕlō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

the God
אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of my salvation,
תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑י (tə·šū·‘ā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8668: Deliverance, salvation

and my tongue
לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י (lə·šō·w·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3956: The tongue

will sing
תְּרַנֵּ֥ן (tə·ran·nên)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7442: To give a ringing cry

of Your righteousness.
צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ (ṣiḏ·qā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively


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