You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. (Psalm 51: 6-10)

God desires 'emeth: truth, firmness, consistency, faithfulness, and reliability.

We can find this truth in our inward being - our tuwchah - our innermost, even hidden, source of motivation. The Hebrew is derived from the verb meaning to hurl or shoot.

The psalmist asks for kochmaw: wisdom, practical skill, shrewdness regarding others, prudence in action, ethical insight, and religious understanding.

We can find this wisdom in our secret heart - our catham - that aspect of us that is hidden, unused, purposefully blocked, and stopped up.

We must be cleansed, purged, and restored. Then we might find the original self that we have buried and nearly forgotten. Then we might reclaim our purpose and joy.