King James Version

Psalms 51:11

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 51:13.

אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥נִיtashlikhenithrowשָׁלַךְverb, hiphil, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “throw”, a wish or indirect commandH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.מִלְּפָנֶ֑יךָmilfaneykhafrom to a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, preposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…וְר֥וּחַveruchaand angerרוּחַconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗qadeshekhaconsecratedקֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “consecrated”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּקַּ֥חtiqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a wish or indirect commandH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.מִמֶּֽנִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(51-13) Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy holy spirit from me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.

World English Bible

Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

Darby Translation

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not the spirit of thy holiness from me.

Douay-Rheims

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(51-13) Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy holy spirit from me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy Holy Spirit from me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιόν σου μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.