The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.

Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit in my inmost parts.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

Give me back the gladness of thy salvation, strengthen me with thy governing spirit.

I will teach the wicked thy ways, and the ungodly shall be converted unto thee.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation.