Sorrow for Sin Habitual
T. Biddulph, M. A. Psalm 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. Sorrow for sin is habitual to the regenerate soul. It is mingled with all the exercises of faith in the atonement, and with all his hopes of future glory, The penitent does not wish to be freed from it, if he could be; but he cannot. He has an hourly remembrancer in his own bosom, while he feels that sin yet dwelleth in him. A continual consciousness of defect in his love to God, the constantly occurring temptations of the devil, the world, and the flesh, the failure of spirituality in all his thoughts, words and actions, remind him that he is a sinner, and often bring before his eyes his past transgressions in awful review. This keeps him humble, bows down his soul into the dust before God, and makes the name of Jesus precious to him. Like the sinful woman in the Gospel, he loves much, because much has been forgiven him. (T. Biddulph, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. WEB: Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.