Read Psalm 51:1-13

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
 
Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.
Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.
 
You desire truth in the inward being;
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
 
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
 
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right 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 sustain in me a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.

from Rev. Dr. Larry Grimes, Community Christian Church, Beech Bottom, WV and Bethany College Dir. of Church Relations:

 

Ready or not, here I come!
Before you do, hide your face from my sins
Ready or not, here I come!
Before you do, blot out all my iniquities.
Ready or not, here I come!
Before you do, blot out my transgressions.
Ready or not, here I come!
Before you do, scrub me clean, wash me white
Ready or not, here I come!
Before you do, meet me with your steadfast love
Ready or not here I come
Before you do, greet me with your mighty mercy
Ready or not here I come!
As you do, let me sing with joy and gladness
Ready or not here I come!
As you do, let my crushed bones rejoice
 
Ready or not here I come!