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10 Let me experience joy and gladness;
    let the bones you have crushed exult.
11 Hide your face from my sins,
    and wipe out all my offenses.
12 Create[a] in me a clean heart, O God,
    and renew a resolute spirit within me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:12 Create: verb reserved only for God (see Gen 1) and describing the act by which he brings into existence something new and wonderful (see Ex 34:10; Isa 48:7; 65:17; Jer 31:22). The justification of a sinner is the divine work par excellence (see Ezek 36:25f). Heart: see note on Ps 4:8.

10 Create in me a pure heart,(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.(B)
11 Do not cast me(C) from your presence(D)
    or take your Holy Spirit(E) from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation(F)
    and grant me a willing spirit,(G) to sustain me.(H)

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