Psalm 51(in my own words).....9/15/2010
Have mercy on me, O God,
Because of Your Everlasting love;
Because of the multitude of You tender mercies,
Blot out my sins and faults.
Wash me clean from my wickedness and evil,
And purify me of my sin.
I acknowledge my sin,
For it follows me like a shadow.
Against You and only You , have I sinned,
For I have done what is evil in You sight--
You will be proven true in the words You speak.
And Your judgment upon me is forever just.
For I was born in evil,
A sinner from the moment my mother conceived me.
But You desire truth in the life that forms in the womb,
Teaching Your wisdom even then, and there.
Strip me of all evil and sin, that I may be clean;
Wash me of this dirty slate,
And I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear Your everlasting joy and gladness,
That in my brokenness, I may rejoice in You,
For You have broken me, help me rejoice,
Do not face me and my filthy stains of sin,
Blot our that which haunts me.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew in me a grounded spirit in You.
Do not leave me alone from You presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me.
Restore in me the joy and Your salvation,
And lift me up by Your generous Spirit.
Then I will teach those, who are as I was, You ways
And all sinners shall look to You.
For give me and take away the guilt of murder,
O God, the God of Salvation and healing,
That my tongue shall sing out loud of Your righteousness.
Lord, open my lips,
That I should sing songs of praise and worship to Your name.
For You desire not sacrifice,
Or else I would give it;
Nor do You desire burnt offering.
But the sacrifices of God Almighty,
Are that of a broken spirit, and that of a broken heart,
For You will not ignore, nor reject that which is repentant
before You.
~Brianna Davis (9/15/2o1o)
