Psalms 51:12

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation,.... Not temporal, but spiritual and eternal; and designs either Christ himself, who is God's salvation, of his appointing and providing, in the view of whom,…

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation - literally, “Cause the joy of thy salvation to return.” This implies that he had formerly known what was the happiness of being a friend of God, and of having…

I. See here what David prays for. Many excellent petitions he here puts up, to which if we do but add, "for Christ's sake," they are as evangelical as any other.

1. He prays that God would cleanse him…

Restore&c. For sin has destroyed that assurance of God's help which is ever a ground of rejoicing (Psa 9:14; Psa 13:5; Psa 20:5; Psa 35:9). He prays for that deliverance which he is confident (Psa…