Lyrics
Create in Me a Clean Heart (on Lilies and Simple Gifts)
A prayer of petition rather than affirmation; David's plea to God for forgiveness, his honest assessment of wrongdoing and need of grace; rendered in minor.
by Merle Miller
Text: Psalm 51: 10, 2, 6, 16, 17
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward part: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.