“Above all keep me from presumptuous sins “is how the NRSV
translates “keep back your servant from the insolent” that gains dominion over
us. We usually think of sin in terms of weakness but these sins are acts of
avarice and pride. These presumptuous, “hidden faults” left undetected grow
into the great transgressions from which the psalmist prays to be spared. It is
when we live in ignorance of our complicity in the patterns of thought, word
and deed that deaden the heart and whither the soul that our lives grow
increasingly disconnected to the source of light and life. The trouble is we
can become accustomed to life in the shadows and think that all is well when
those around us can see it isn’t. As difficult as it is to hear the truth told
about ourselves it is a means of grace whereby God returns us to the place of
peace where the words of our mouths and meditation of our hearts are acceptable
to our Rock and Redeemer.
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