How does God interpret me asking for Him to Renew a Right Spirit Within Me? What is it that I’m truly asking for when I humbly come before Him with such a request?

Psalm 51:10b 
New International Version Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
New Living Translation Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
English Standard Version Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Real Dudes,
Recently I’ve been thinking about a portion of David’s prayer to the Lord in Psalm 51. This prayer comes shortly after his sin with Bathsheba. The portion that has stood out to me is the second part of verse 10. Specifically, what does it mean to “renew a right/steadfast spirit within me”? The answer to this is a great follow-up from the previous two blogs Object Constancy vs. Jumping Ship, and then A spirit of Peace or Division? If unwilling to retain a bond with another person…If having developed a divisive spirit…THEN please Lord, renew a right spirit within me. What does a renewal of a right spirit within me – within each of us – look like? Below are some quotes I found in my study that help answer this question for us. Hope something stands out to you that’ll help you navigate your dependency on God renewing a right spirit within you. What is it that needs addressed in your life? Overcoming a bitter spirit? A jealous spirit? A lustful spirit? A prideful spirit? A distracted spirit? An unfocused spirit? A divisive spirit? Etc. Praying for you as you and the Lord work through this together. Desire it men…desire a renewed spirit within you that only God can help you renew and restore. 
Practicing His Presence,
Pastor Nate

When it comes to Psalm 51:10…David “wants a willing spirit, a spirit that is devoted only to that which pleases God.” https://www.gty.org/sermons/80-353/the-believers-confession-of-sin 

The “right spirit” here is the established, firm, unwavering spirit. He wants to be done with the kind of instability that he has just experienced. https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/a-broken-and-contrite-heart-god-will-not-despise 

“‘To make new’...means to restore the altar/temple to their previous state and purpose, to dedicate them anew to the service of the Lord. The newness of a steadfast spirit…is a synonymous parallelism to the creation of a pure heart (...Matt 5:8; Acts 15:9).” VanGemeren 2:31

“‘New spirit/heart.’...As part of the promised return of Israel (Ezek 11:16-25), God will give them an undivided heart (lit. ‘one heart’) and will put in them a ‘new spirit’ (v. 19). The initiative is clearly God’s. He will ‘give’...it to them, lest they should claim to themselves the praise given them in v. 18. It will be a free gift of his Spirit. ‘One heart’ is paralleled in 36:26 with a ‘new heart,’ being a synonym of a ‘new spirit,’ but with the additional emphasis on the oneness of heart in every member of God’s people, in order that they would seek God unanimously. The ‘new spirit’ (cf. Ps 51:10, 12; Jer 31:33), which will be fully realized in the ‘new creation’ of the NT (2 Cor 5:17; cf. also Rom 6:4; 7:6; Eph 2:15; 4:24), has new motives, new rules, and new aims, contrary to their hearts of stone (v. 19b).” VanGemeren 2:35-36

“Stand firm, stand fast, be stable, secure, be reestablished, be lasting, durable, be ready…The petition to God, when offered by an individual, is for God…to set a right spirit within…”
VanGemeren 2:615-617

Romans 12:2 New International Version Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
New Living Translation Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.