| 51 | Psalms | ||
| Penitential Psalm. Miserere. Psalm 51(v50) | |||
| A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. | |||
| 1 | Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. | ||
| 2 | Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! | ||
| 3 | For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. | ||
| 4 | Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless in your judgment. | ||
| 5 | Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. | ||
| 6 | Behold, you desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. | ||
| 7 | Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | ||
| 8 | Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which you have broken rejoice. | ||
| 9 | Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. | ||
| 10 | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. | ||
| 11 | Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your holy Spirit from me. | ||
| 12 | Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. | ||
| 13 | Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. | ||
| 14 | Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance. | ||
| 15 | O Yahweh, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth your praise. | ||
| 16 | For you have no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased. | ||
| 17 | The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | ||
| 18 | Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, | ||
| 19 | then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your alter. | ||
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