Psalms 51:14

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 51:14 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
  2. Genesis 42:22And 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!”
  3. 2 Samuel 3:28Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
  4. 2 Samuel 11:15In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
  5. 2 Samuel 12:9Why 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, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
  6. 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
  7. Ezra 9:13After 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),
  8. Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  9. Psalms 25:5Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
  10. Psalms 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
  11. Psalms 35:28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
  12. Psalms 38:22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
  13. Psalms 55:23But 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.
  14. Psalms 68:20Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
  15. Psalms 71:15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
  16. Psalms 86:12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
  17. Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
  18. Isaiah 12:2Surely 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.”
  19. Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  20. Ezekiel 33:8If 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.
  21. Daniel 9:7To 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 unfaithfulness to You.
  22. Daniel 9:16O 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 people are a reproach to all around us.
  23. Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
  24. Habakkuk 3:18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

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