Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
(2 Samuel 12:1–12)
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, 1 O God, Act 3:19Isa 44:22Isa 43:25Psa 51:9Col 2:14Psa 69:162Sa 11:2Eph 1:6-8
according to Your loving devotion;
according to Your great compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me clean of my iniquity 1Jn 1:7-9Heb 10:21-22Ezk 36:25Jer 4:14Psa 51:7Isa 1:16Rev 1:51Co 6:11
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, Pro 28:13Isa 59:12Psa 38:18Psa 32:5Lev 26:40-41Luk 15:18-21Jer 3:25Job 33:27
and my sin is always before me.
Against You, You only, have I sinned 2Sa 12:13-14Luk 15:21Gen 20:6Gen 39:9Rom 3:4Act 17:31Rev 16:5Gen 9:6
and done what is evil in Your sight,
so that You may be proved right when You speak
and blameless when You judge. 2
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; Rom 5:12Job 14:4Psa 58:3Job 15:14-16Eph 2:3Jhn 3:6Gen 5:3Gen 8:21
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; 1Sa 16:7Psa 15:21Pe 3:4Rom 7:22Job 38:36Pro 2:6Jas 4:8Luk 11:39
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; 1Jn 1:7Isa 1:18Heb 9:13-14Num 19:18-20Heb 9:19Rev 1:5Eph 5:26-27Exo 12:22
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness; Hos 6:1-2Job 5:17-18Mat 5:4Psa 6:2-3Psa 119:81-82Psa 126:5-6Luk 4:18Psa 30:11
let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Hide Your face from my sins Jer 16:17Mic 7:18-19Col 2:14Isa 38:17Psa 51:1
and blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, Ezk 11:192Co 5:17Eph 4:22-24Mat 5:8Ezk 18:31Rom 12:2Ezk 36:25-27Act 15:9
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Your presence; Eph 4:302Ki 13:23Isa 63:10-11Rom 8:9Gen 6:3Jhn 14:26Luk 11:13Psa 71:18
take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, Isa 41:10Psa 13:5Isa 61:102Co 3:17Jud 1:24Luk 1:47Psa 119:116-117Psa 35:9
and sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, Luk 22:32Act 3:19Jas 5:19-20Act 26:18-20Jhn 21:15-17Act 15:3Act 2:38-41Jer 31:18
and sinners will return to You.
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, 2Sa 12:9Psa 35:28Act 20:26Gen 9:6Hos 4:2Psa 26:9Rom 10:32Sa 11:15-17
the God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips, Heb 13:15Psa 63:3-5Ezk 29:21Psa 119:13Psa 9:14Exo 4:11Ezk 3:271Sa 2:9
and my mouth will declare Your praise.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; Hos 6:6Psa 40:6Heb 10:5-61Sa 15:22Psa 51:6Isa 1:11-15Pro 21:27Amo 5:21-23
You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; Psa 34:18Isa 66:2Psa 147:3Luk 15:10Mrk 12:33Mat 5:32Ch 33:12-13Psa 102:17
a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise.
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; Psa 102:16Php 2:13Eph 1:5Luk 12:32Psa 122:6-9Zec 2:52Th 1:11Isa 51:3
build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, Psa 4:5Eph 5:2Mal 3:3Psa 66:13-15Rom 12:1Psa 118:27
in whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on Your altar.