Short-Sighted Success
Psalm 52:7: Here is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
The Secret to Loving Much
Psalm 51:17: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise.
Draw Near to Him
Psalm 51:11–12: Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Please Change Me
Psalm 51:10: Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Blot Out All My Sins
Psalm 51:8–9: Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
An Enduring Purity
Psalm 51:7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
To Know Wisdom and Truth
Psalm 51:6: Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
Our Sinful Heritage
Psalm 51:5: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
The Necessity of Confession
Psalm 51:3–4: For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.
No Evidence of Sin
Psalm 51:1–2: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.