His Time - Meditatio: Psalm 51, Proverbs 14, Who Jesus Is

In today’s Meditatio Hour, Rev. Jonathan Fisk meditates on:

1. Psalm 51:1-12

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy on me,^[a] O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
    blot out my transgressions.
²Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
    and cleanse me from my sin!

³For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.
⁴Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.
⁵Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.
⁶Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
    and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;
    let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
⁹Hide your face from my sins,
    and blot out all my iniquities.
¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and renew a right^[b] spirit within me.
¹¹Cast me not away from your presence,
    and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Footnotes:

Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me
Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast

2. Proverbs 14:3

³By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back,^[a]
but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Footnotes:

Proverbs 14:3 Or In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride

3. The Smalcald Articles, the First Article, Part II

In light of the feast of the Holy Trinity, we study the First Part of the Smalcald Articles regarding who Jesus is. Purchase your copy of the Book of Concord at cph.org or view it online at bookofconcord.org/smalcald.php#firstpart.

All Scripture texts posted are English Standard Version (ESV)