Psalms 51
51
Psalm 51#In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Saviour,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17My sacrifice, O God, is#51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
18May it please you to prosper Zion,
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,
in burnt offerings offered whole;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
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Psalms 51
51
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba.
1Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
2Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,
3For my transgressions I do know, And my sin [is] before me continually.
4Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.
5Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
6Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
7Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.
8Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.
9Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.
10A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.
11Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.
12Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
13I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.
14Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.
15O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.
16For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give [it], Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.
17The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.
18Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burntoffering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!
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