Psalm 51:8

New Century Version

Make me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you crushed be happy again.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test people’s hearts. You are happy when people do what is right. I was happy to give all these things, and I gave with an honest heart. Your people gathered here are happy to give to you, and I rejoice to see their giving.

Psalm 13:5

I trust in your love. My heart is happy because you saved me.

Psalm 30:11

You changed my sorrow into dancing. You took away my clothes of sadness, and clothed me in happiness.

Psalm 35:10

Even my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you? You save the weak from the strong, the weak and poor from robbers.”

Psalm 38:3

My body is sick from your punishment. Even my bones are not healthy because of my sin.

Isaiah 35:10

the people the Lord has freed will return there. They will enter Jerusalem with joy, and their happiness will last forever. Their gladness and joy will fill them completely, and sorrow and sadness will go far away.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t you look for truth in people? You struck the people of Judah, but they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them, but they refused to learn what is right. They became more stubborn than a rock; they refused to turn back to God.

Matthew 5:4

They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them.

Luke 4:18

“The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. God sent me to free those who have been treated unfairly