Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
David’s prayer after his worst failure: create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 51:7
Psalm 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Only God can wash a heart this clean: whiter than snow.
KJVPsalm 51:7 in context
4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Israel’s prayer book: songs of trust, lament, thanks and praise, many of them by David.
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