Glory to God ‎#422

422. Create in Me a Clean Heart (Psalm 51)

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Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with your free Spirit.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.

Text Information

• First Line: Create in me a clean heart, O God
• Title: Create in Me a Clean Heart (Psalm 51)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 51
• Topic: Christian Year: Ash Wednesday; Christian Year: Lent; Confession; Renewal; Repentance

Tune Information

• Name: CREATE IN ME (Capers)
• Composer: James M. Capers (1993)
• Arranger: Dennis Friesen-Carper (1999)
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: © 1993, 1999 Augsburg Fortress
• Notes: Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony.

Text Information:

This reflective setting of Psalm 51:10–12 uses the first of those verses as an embracing refrain. Because of its penitential tone, a longer version of this psalm is customarily used on Ash Wednesday. In Christian tradition, it is identified as one of the seven penitential psalms.