For April the 8th 2013

4/8/13

A prayer penitence. We all need to do this sometimes.

Psa 51:1  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Psa 51:2  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!

Psa 51:3  For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Psa 51:4  Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

Psa 51:5  Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psa 51:6  Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Psa 51:7  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psa 51:8  Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

Psa 51:9  Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

Psa 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Psa 51:11  Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

Psa 51:12  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Psa 51:13  Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

Psa 51:14  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

Psa 51:15  O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Psa 51:16  For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

Psa 51:17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.