Psalm 51
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness:
According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:
And my sin is ever before me.
4 Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in Thy sight:
That Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest,
And be clear when Thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
And in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
And in the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness;
That the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Thy face from my sins,
And blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;
And renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from Thy presence;
And ~take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.~
12 Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;
And uphold me with Thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways;
And sinners shall be converted unto Thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation:
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open Thou my lips;
And my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.
16 For Thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
Thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion:
Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering:
Then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.
Interestingly, God forgave David of his two horrible AND intentional sins, w/o a sacrifice being made by him to secure His forgiveness (of course, I do not believe that an animal sacrifice actually covered "intentional" sins in the OT). Apparently, the Holy Spirit did not leave him, though he did lose the "joy" of his salvation (not salvation itself), when he committed those sins and then failed to repent of them (well, until Nathan came along anyway, then he repented immediately).
David believed that the Holy Spirit 'could' be taken from him however, which seems to indicate, again, that in the OT, the Holy Spirit indwelt believers, but not necessarily on a permanent basis (like He does in believers today, since AD 33, IOW).
--David
