Psalms 51:11

“Cast me not away from thy presence, etc.] As abominable; as a vessel in which he had no pleasure; with indignation and wrath; as one that is angry with another, cannot bear him in his sight, but bids him be gone from him. Nothing is more desirable to a child of God than the presence of God; and nothing gives him more sensible pain than his absence; and even to be deprived of or denied the means of enjoying his presence the word and ordinances, makes them very uneasy: to be utterly, and for ever deprived of it, is the case of the damned in hell, and is the punishment of loss they sustain; and, on the other hand, the happiness of the saints in heaven is to enjoy it without interruption. The…”

“Cast me not away from thy presence - That is, Do not reject me, or cast me off entirely; do not abandon me; do not leave me in my sin and sorrow. The language is derived from the idea that true happiness is to be found in the “presence” of God, and that to be exiled from him is misery. Compare Psalms 16:11, note; Psalms 31:20, note. See also Psalms 140:13. And take not thy holy Spirit from me - It is not certain that David understood by the phrase “thy Holy Spirit” precisely what is now denoted by it as referring to the third person of the Trinity. The language, as used by him, would denote some influence coming from God producing holiness, “as if” God breathed his own spirit, or his own…”

“51:11 your Holy Spirit: Only the power of the Holy Spirit can change the human will to make it “loyal” (51:10) and “willing to obey” (51:12).”

“Cast: Psa 43:2, Psa 71:9, Psa 71:18; Gen 4:14; Kg2 13:23, Kg2 17:18-23, Kg2 23:27; Th2 1:9 take: Gen 6:3; Jdg 13:25, Jdg 15:14, Jdg 16:20; Sa1 10:10, Sa1 16:14; Sa2 7:15; Isa 63:10, Isa 63:11 holy: Luk 11:13; Joh 14:26; Rom 1:4, Rom 8:9; Eph 4:30 Psalms 51:12”