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Psalms 51:11

Context
NETBible

Do not reject me! 1  Do not take your Holy Spirit 2  away from me! 3 

XREF

Ge 4:14; Ge 6:3; Jud 13:25; Jud 15:14; Jud 16:20; 1Sa 10:10; 1Sa 16:14; 2Sa 7:15; 2Ki 13:23; 2Ki 17:18-23; 2Ki 23:27; Ps 43:2; Ps 71:9,18; Isa 63:10,11; Lu 11:13; Joh 14:26; Ro 1:4; Ro 8:9; Eph 4:30; 2Th 1:9

NET © Notes

tn Heb “do not cast me away from before you.”

sn Your Holy Spirit. The personal Spirit of God is mentioned frequently in the OT, but only here and in Isa 63:10-11 is he called “your/his Holy Spirit.”

sn Do not take…away. The psalmist expresses his fear that, due to his sin, God will take away the Holy Spirit from him. NT believers enjoy the permanent gift of the Holy Spirit and need not make such a request nor fear such a consequence. However, in the OT God’s Spirit empowered certain individuals for special tasks and only temporarily resided in them. For example, when God rejected Saul as king and chose David to replace him, the divine Spirit left Saul and came upon David (1 Sam 16:13-14).



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