¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart,^(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(B)

¹⁷ My sacrifice,^(A) O God, is^[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(B)
    you, God, will not despise.

²¹ When my heart was grieved
    and my spirit embittered,

⁶ I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

¹³ A happy heart makes the face cheerful,^(A)
    but heartache crushes the spirit.^(B)

²² A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed^(A) spirit dries up the bones.^(B)