Psalms for All Seasons ‎#51C

51C. Give Me a Clean Heart

Text Information

• First Line: I'm not asking for the riches of the land
• Title: Give Me a Clean Heart
• Author: Margaret J. Douroux, b. 1941
• Refrain First Line: Give me a clean heart so I may serve thee
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 51
• Topic: Biblical Names and Places: Jerusalem; Biblical Names and Places: Zion; Broken-hearted; Church Year: Ash Wednesday; Church Year: Good Friday; Church Year: Lent; Church Year: Pentecost; Church Year: Transfiguration; Cry to God; Daily Prayer: Morning Prayer; Elements of Worship: Assurance of Pardon; Elements of Worship: Baptism; Elements of Worship: Confession (Individual); Elements of Worship: Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship: Offering; Endurance; Forgiveness; God: Trust in; God as: Refuge; God as: Spirit; God's: Wisdom; God's: Face; God's: Forgiveness; God's: Goodness; God's: Justice; God's: Love; God's: Protection; Grace; Guilt; Humility; Joy; Judgment; Lord's Prayer: 5th petition (forgive us our sins as we forgive…); Mercy; Offering of Sacrifice; Renewal; Servants of God; Sorrow; Suffering; Ten Commandments: 7th Commandmnet (do not commit adultery); The Fall; Year A, B, C, Lent, Ash Wednesday; Year B, Lent, 5th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September, 11-17
• Copyright: © 1970 Earl Pleasant Publishing
• ONE LICENSE: 83510

Tune Information

• Name: [I'm not asking fo the riches of the land]
• Composer: Margaret J. Douroux, b. 1941
• Arranger: Albert Dennis Tessier
• Arranger: Nolan Williams Jr., b. 1969
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: © 1970 Earl Pleasant Publishing; Arr. © 2000 GIA Publications, Inc
• Notes: The way this song is sung varies from community to community. Once the song is known, the leader may improvise other harmonies. It is customary for the stanzas to be sung by a solo voice. It is not necessary to sing the refrain between the two stanzas.