Bible Memory Project

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Psalm 51:8 ESV Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Psalm 51:8 NIV Read Full Passage HERE   Go Deeper: David expresses the depths of his anguish and conviction for his sin here. He attributes this brokenness of mind over his condition and deep-rooted conviction to the Holy Spirit. For the Christian, there are times in our sin or reflection of our sin that we too feel this way. The mental agony that is intermingled with deep conviction feels so painful as if...

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. - Psalm 51:7 ESV Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. - Psalm 51:7 NIV   Read Full Passage HERE   Go Deeper: When you begin to think and dwell about this verse, imagine with me for a moment, an early winter morning, with snow fresh on the ground from last night's snowfall, glistening under the morning light. As you walk out onto your front step, a sense of calm rushes over you as...

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. - Psalm 51:6 ESV Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. - Psalm 51:6 NIV   Read Full Passage HERE   Go Deeper: To better grasp this verse, we must look to a common dichotomy in the bible–– wisdom and folly. Wisdom, in the biblical sense, is integrity and righteousness. Sin is referred to as folly. David here follows up on his last idea of corruption since birth. David admits his fallen condition but then expresses...

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. - Psalm 51:5 (ESV) Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. - Psalm 51:5 (NIV)   Read Full Passage HERE Dive Deeper:  Within this verse are centuries of debate dating back to Augustine. The debate being over original sin and natural depravity. The idea is as follows; every human since Adam was born into this world and is inherently sinful due to the fall of man with Adam and Eve. From the day you are born until you are saved, you...