David sees that he needs an entirely new heart. His old heart leads him astray. He prays that God would not take away the Holy Spirit from him.

This psalm opens with David's plea to God to show him mercy. He asks God to blot out his transgressions, wash his iniquities, and cleanse him from sin.

Today's devotional text is in Psalm 51:10-12, written by king David after he committed adultery with Bathsheba and murdered Uriah, the captain of his armies and ...

27 мар. 2019 г. · The psalm is an acknowledgment of his sin and a cry for mercy. David makes no attempt to hide or justify his sin, taking full responsibility ...

28 сент. 2021 г. · It's a heartfelt prayer, begging for God's mercy, cleansing, and restoration. In Psalm 51:10-12, David prayed: Create in me a clean heart, O God ...

30 июн. 2023 г. · When David prays, “Create in me a clean heart,” he is asking God for forgiveness. The subtitle to Psalm 51 clarifies the situation.

Psalm 51:10-12 is a powerful expression of David's deep longing for renewal and restoration. It reveals the depths of his repentance.

God had departed from Saul, because Saul had refused His counsel and departed from Him; and Saul's successor, trembling as he remembers the fate of the founder ...

The word that Psalm 51 offers to the desperate is the reiteration of the nature of the God to whom we pray: steadfast love and abundant mercy.

28 мая 2012 г. · We need God's Spirit every day as we struggle against our sinful nature. And he works in our hearts through Word and sacrament. In these he ...