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Create in me a clean heart, God. Renew a right spirit within me.
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A Creative Miracle
Commentators emphasize David's use of the word 'create,' the same term from Genesis 1:1. He recognized that changing his sinful heart was not a matter of self-improvement but required a supernatural act of God. This prayer acknowledges that only God's creative power can make a person new from the inside out.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Create in me a clean heart, O God - The word rendered “create,” ברא b râ' - is a word which is properly employed …
19th Century
Anglican
Right spirit.—The Septuagint and Vulgate render it so; but the marginal reading constant is closer to the Hebrew, and bet…
Baptist
Create in me a clean heart, O God;
He feels that he needs his Creator to again perform his great creating work. David knows that he…
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16th Century
Protestant
Create in me a clean heart, O God! In the previous part of the psalm, David has been praying for pardon. He now requests that the grace of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Create in me a clean heart, O God Which was now defiled with sin, and of which being convinced, he was led more and …
Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a living faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hys…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. The uncertain and hidden things. Here he asks for total renewal.
First, he presents the hope that he has. Second, he makes …
