Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. (Psalm 51: 1-2)
Transgression is a translation of the Hebrew pesha' meaning rebellion.
Iniquity is the English for 'avon which is a twisting into crookedness.
Sin is chatta'ah which is to become lost, to take the wrong turn, to lose one's self.
We often rebel against our essential character. We bend the truth. We twist reality. Our lives become a contortion. We have difficulty discerning good from bad. No wonder we sometimes choose the wrong way and become lost.
Restore me. Make me the true me that you intended.
Let me see clearly and behave honestly. Help me to be real and fully engage reality.
Bring me back to the right path and point me in the right direction.
Transgression is a translation of the Hebrew pesha' meaning rebellion.
Iniquity is the English for 'avon which is a twisting into crookedness.
Sin is chatta'ah which is to become lost, to take the wrong turn, to lose one's self.
We often rebel against our essential character. We bend the truth. We twist reality. Our lives become a contortion. We have difficulty discerning good from bad. No wonder we sometimes choose the wrong way and become lost.
Restore me. Make me the true me that you intended.
Let me see clearly and behave honestly. Help me to be real and fully engage reality.
Bring me back to the right path and point me in the right direction.
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