King James Version
Psalms 51:9 in the King James Version says “Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.”
Psalms 51:9 · KJV
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. right: or, constant
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and blot out”
H4229properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e., grease or make fat
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