In this insightful book, Thomas Alexander offers a practical guide to the fifty-first psalm, a powerful prayer of repentance and forgiveness. Drawing on scripture and personal experience, Alexander provides a detailed analysis of this important prayer and its relevance to contemporary spiritual practice. This book is an essential resource for anyone seeking to deepen their relationship with God. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.