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The heart God truly desires

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Good morning, Reader,

I've opted for a short section today. Just two verses.

If you have time, it's well worth copying out both versions: the Metrical and the translation you use. I've provided the NIV for contrast here.

What stood out to me when comparing the two is the emphasis placed in verse 5 on the mother's sin being passed to the child, David. The NIV translation states that David was sinful from his conception, which by implication can only mean the sin is passed down generationally.

The Metrical version makes this explicit.

Looking at verse 6, we see that God "desired faithfulness" in the NIV and in the Metrical that He is "delighted" in the "truth". The NIV shows what God desires, and the Metrical shows why he desires it.

Be sure to click the link here or below to hear how this Psalm sounds when sung unaccompanied.

Today's verses are Psalm 51:5-6

Psalm 51

1 After thy loving-kindness, Lord, have mercy upon me:
For thy compassions great, blot out all mine iniquity.

2 Me cleanse from sin, and thoroughly wash
from mine iniquity:

3 For my transgressions I confess; my sin I ever see.

4 ‘Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinned, in thy sight done this ill;

That when thou speak’st thou may’st be just, and clear in judging still.

5 Behold, I in iniquity
was formed the womb within;
My mother also me conceived
in guiltiness and sin.

6 Behold, thou in the inward parts with truth delighted art;
And wisdom thou shalt make me know within the hidden part.

Psalm 51 (NIV)

1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
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2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
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4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
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6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

Encouragement

26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:26

Andy

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