51:10 Create for me a pure heart, O God! 1
Renew a resolute spirit within me! 2
51:17 The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit 3 –
O God, a humble and repentant heart 4 you will not reject. 5
[51:10] 1 sn The heart is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s motives and moral character.
[51:10] 2 tn Heb “and a reliable spirit renew in my inner being.”
[51:17] 3 tn Heb “a broken spirit.”
[51:17] 4 tn Heb “a broken and crushed heart.”
[51:17] 5 tn Or “despise.”
