| 51:1 |
<> Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. |
| 51:2 |
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. |
| 51:3 |
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. |
| 51:4 |
Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge. |
| 51:5 |
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me. |
| 51:6 |
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. |
| 51:7 |
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 51:8 |
Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice. |
| 51:9 |
Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities. |
| 51:10 |
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. |
| 51:11 |
Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your holy Spirit from me. |
| 51:12 |
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit. |
| 51:13 |
Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you. |
| 51:14 |
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. |
| 51:15 |
Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise. |
| 51:16 |
For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. |
| 51:17 |
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
| 51:18 |
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 51:19 |
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. |
