Psalms

¹ Generous in love—God, give grace! Huge in mercy—wipe out my bad record.

² soak out my sins in your laundry.

³ my sins are staring me down.

⁴ it all, seen the full extent of my evil. You have all the facts before you; whatever you decide about me is fair.

⁵ in the wrong since before I was born.

⁶ Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.

⁷ scrub me and I'll have a snow-white life.

⁸ set these once-broken bones to dancing.

⁹ give me a clean bill of health.

¹⁰ shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.

¹¹ or fail to breathe holiness in me.

¹² put a fresh wind in my sails!

¹³ so the lost can find their way home.

¹⁴ and I'll sing anthems to your life-giving ways.

¹⁵ I'll let loose with your praise.

¹⁶ a flawless performance is nothing to you.

¹⁷ when my pride was shattered. Heart-shattered lives ready for love don't for a moment escape God's notice.

¹⁸ repair Jerusalem's broken-down walls.

¹⁹ acts of worship small and large, Including all the bulls they can heave onto your altar!