Psalm 51:8

Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God

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Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
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Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.

Joy and Gladness

Sounds Of Joy And Gladness

Job 5:17-18

“Behold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise or reject the discipline of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].

Psalm 6:2-3

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail);
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.

Psalm 13:5

But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;
My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.

Psalm 30:11

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalm 35:10

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone],
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Psalm 38:3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

Psalm 119:81-82

Kaph.
My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation;
I wait for Your word.

Psalm 126:5-6

They who sow in tears shall reap with joyful singing.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord will return
And come to Zion with shouts of jubilation,
And everlasting joy will be upon their heads;
They will find joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 57:15-18

For the high and exalted One
He who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy says this,
“I dwell on the high and holy place,
But also with the contrite and humble in spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the humble
And to revive the heart of the contrite [overcome with sorrow for sin].

Hosea 6:1-2

“Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord,
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

Matthew 5:4

“Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are those who mourn [over their sins and repent], for they will be comforted [when the burden of sin is lifted].

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah),
Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy),

Acts 2:37-41

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart [with remorse and anxiety], and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what are we to do?”

Acts 16:29-34

Then the jailer called for torches and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,