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Psalm 51:8

Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Psalm 51:8 BSB

Psalm 51:8 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 5:17–18 (13 votes) and Hosea 6:1–2 (13 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from 2 Samuel 11 to Hebrews 5.

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Which verses does Psalm 51:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 5:17–1813 votes

    Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

  2. Hosea 6:1–213 votes

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

  3. Psalm 6:2–312 votes

    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony. My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

  4. Matthew 5:412 votes

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

  5. Psalm 119:81–829 votes

    My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

  6. Psalm 126:5–69 votes

    Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

  7. Psalm 30:118 votes

    You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

  8. Psalm 35:108 votes

    All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

  9. Psalm 38:38 votes

    There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

  10. Luke 4:188 votes

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

  11. Isaiah 57:15–187 votes
  12. Acts 2:37–417 votes
  13. Psalm 13:56 votes

    But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

  14. Isaiah 35:106 votes
  15. Acts 16:29–343 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 51:8?

The 10 strongest of 22.