Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me

Psalm 51:1-19

For I know my transgressions, 

Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; 

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; 

Create in me a pure heart, O God, 

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; 

The Hebrew sats this psalm was written by David when the prophet Nathan confronted him over his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah. V18-19, which seem to belong to the time after Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians, may have been added later.

The psalm itself is deeply moving. It lets us see right into the soul of a man who has loved God yet fallen into grievous sin. He has been made to see himself through God's eyes and admits his guilt. All he can do now - knowing OG's love and mercy- is to ask forgiveness and the chance of a fresh start.

Why?

I confess that I am a sinner, selfish, and grief person. But for God's love, my sins could be erased.

God loves a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, God will not despise. I will praise the Lord forever.

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me, restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me. This is my prayer either.

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1-5: 認罪：赦罪的基礎是神的慈愛、憐憫。只要我們回到神都有希望，無論離開神、離開教會有多久。

4: 對大衛的指責完全認同。不為自己找理由，我們很喜歡找理由。

6-9：得智慧延續與神的關係，判斷什麼是神喜悅的。先得痊癒，才得潔淨。塗抹過犯後，脫離罪惡，得潔淨，建立與神新的關係。

骨頭壓傷，現在可以踴躍，得活力

10-13  樂意的靈，緊緊依靠主，不再犯罪。罪得赦免不是只為自己，而是告訴其他人，讓更多人來到主面前。

14-19: 罪得赦免後，恢復與神的關係，獻上憂傷痛悔的心是神所喜悅的。為國家社會禱告，不要因為他的問題，使他的人民受苦。求神重新建造我們，把破口補起來。

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How?

Praise to the Lord and ask God, create in me a pure heart, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.