| 51 | Psalms | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [To the choirmaster.] | Penitential Psalm. Miserere. Psalm 51(v50) | ||
| A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. | |||
| Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. | |||
| Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! | |||
| For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. | |||
| Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment. | |||
| Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. | |||
| Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. | |||
| Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | |||
| Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice. | |||
| Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. | |||
| Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. | |||
| Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me. | |||
| Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. | |||
| Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee. | |||
| Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance. | |||
| O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. | |||
| For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased. | |||
| The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. | |||
| Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, | |||
| then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy alter. | |||
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