Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV Pure – Scrubbed! But not just on the outside (although that is also included). At least that’s the way we usually think about a “pure” heart. We are reminded of Yeshua’s insight about the exterior and interior of the pot. The Hebrew verb is ṭāhēr. The verb…
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NASB Create – First let’s correct the syntax. The emphasis of this verse is not “create.” It is leb tahor, a “heart clean.” But even this needs a bit of explanation. The root taher is not about “spiritual”…
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are of a clean heart. Psalm 73:1 Hebrew World Clean heart – Christians are quite familiar with Paul’s argument in Romans that those who are cleansed by Yeshua are included in the true Israel. But Paul didn’t originate that idea. The psalmist…
