Psalm 51

Psalm 51 is so nice :) In the times when I feel like I've failed time after time again, it's so hard to find the words to say to God. But praying alongside (King) David is so refreshing! Some of my favorites:

• "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions."
• "For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me."
• "Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice."
• "Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."
• "You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."