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A cleanטָהוֹרheartלֵבcreateבְּרָאfor me,לִיElohim,אֱלֹהִיםandוְa firmנָכוֹןspiritרוּחַrenewחַדֵּשׁwithin me.בְּקִרְבִּי
Psalms 51:10
Study it in the app“A clean heart create for me, Elohim, and a firm spirit renew within me.”
Repentant, David asks God not to take his holy spirit from himThe Holy SpiritDavid asks for a clean heart and a steady spiritTurning back to GodThe one praying asks God, “A clean heart create for me”Purity
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 51:10, word by word
- A cleanטָהוֹרtahor
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tahor” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- createבְּרָאbera
create
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “bera” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- a firmנָכוֹןnachon
be firm
To be steady, well set, not moving.
Where else “nachon” appears- spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- renewחַדֵּשׁchadesh
renew
To give something a fresh start, as if for the first time.
Where else “chadesh” appears- within meקִרְבִּkirbi
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirbi” appears
The context
9Hide your face from my sins, and all my iniquities blot out.
10 · This verse (above)
11Do not cast me away from your presence, and your holy spirit do not take from me.