Psalm 51:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Behold, you desire true sincerity; and secretly you teach me wisdom.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you put hearts to the test and that you take pleasure in integrity. With a whole heart I have willingly given all these things, and now with joy I have seen your people here present also giving to you generously.

Psalm 13:5

Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed,” lest my foes rejoice at my downfall.

Psalm 30:11

Hear, O Lord, have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper.”

Psalm 35:10

My very bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, Who rescue the afflicted from the powerful, the afflicted and needy from the despoiler?”

Psalm 38:3

Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, do your eyes not search for honesty? You struck them, but they did not flinch; you laid them low, but they refused correction; They set their faces harder than stone, and refused to return.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,