in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom....

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
Marcel Proust

Psalm 51

Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.



Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
 Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in Your sight—
That You may be found just when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.

 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
 O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

Job 28:28

‘Behold, the fear of the Lord...that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’

Job 42:5-6

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
 Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”