September 21: Psalm 51; 2 Samuel 11; Ezekiel 11:14–25; Luke 14
Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 51 Psalm 51 (Listen) Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 51 Have mercy on me,1 O God,<br /> according to your steadfast love;<br /> according to your abundant mercy<br /> blot out my transgressions.<br />2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,<br /> and cleanse me from my sin!<br /> 3 For I know my transgressions,<br /> and my sin is ever before me.<br />4 Against you, you only, have I sinned<br /> and done what is evil in your sight,<br /> so that you may be justified in your words<br /> and blameless in your judgment.<br />5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,<br /> and in sin did my mother conceive me.<br />6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,<br /> and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.<br /> 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;<br /> wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<br />
