Psalm 51

2 songs checked against Psalm 51. Each proof shows the passage, what the song does with it, and whether you can sing it. Read the whole chapter: Bible Gateway ↗ · Bible Hub ↗

Psalm 51:10-12 · “Create in Me a Clean Heart” · Keith Green

~ FAITHFUL “Create in Me a Clean Heart” Keith Green Psalm 51:10-12 Sing it. What it sings is Psalm 51 in King James English, with one address to God added and one petition left out: verse 12's last request, to be upheld with God's free spirit.

✓ Every phrase in it is Psalm 51 in the King James wording, with no paraphrase and nothing spliced in from elsewhere

⚠ Verse 12's closing petition, to be upheld with God's free spirit, is never sung. The chorus repeats verse 10's second line in its place

Psalm 51:15-17 · “Gratitude” · Brandon Lake

NOT A QUOTE “Gratitude” Brandon Lake Psalm 51:15-17 Sing it. It quotes nothing and never says it is scripture, so there is no citation to check. Psalm 51 is our pairing, not the song's, and the psalm's empty hands are empty over sin rather than over smallness.

✓ Never says it is quoting, anywhere: nothing is cited in the recording, in the rights holder's upload description, or on the publisher's chord chart

⚠ No passage is cited by the song, by the writers' published account of the session, or by the rights holder's chord chart. Every verse attached to it was attached downstream

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