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10 Create for me a pure heart, O God.[a]
Renew a resolute spirit within me.[b]

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  1. Psalm 51:10 sn The heart is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s motives and moral character.
  2. Psalm 51:10 tn Heb “and a reliable spirit renew in my inner being.”

26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone[a] from your body and give you a heart of flesh.[b]

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  1. Ezekiel 36:26 sn That is, a heart that symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).
  2. Ezekiel 36:26 sn That is, a heart that symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.