O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
For you have no delight in sacrifice;
if I were to give a burnt-offering, you would not be pleased.
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Three days ago our lips were the cause of wickedness (Psalm 141).
Today they offer praise.
The difference is the character of our heart: inner being, soul, mind, persona.
In each psalm we have been seduced.
Friday we were tempted to self-indulgence. Here we are self-sacrificing.
Psalm 51
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