PURIFY MY HEART

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Created by Sherry Long

 

Have mercy upon me, O God,

according to thy lovingkindness:

according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies

blot out my transgressions.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions:

and my sin is ever before me.
Against 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.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;

and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:

and in the hidden part thou shalt

make me to know wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness;

that the bones which thou hast

broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins, a

nd blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence;

and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Psalm 51:7