Psalms 51
51
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1Have mercy on me, O God,
according to Your lovingkindness;
according to the abundance of Your compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 Against You, You only, have I sinned,
and done this evil in Your sight,
so that You are justified when You speak,
and You are blameless when You judge.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin my mother conceived me.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 You desire truth in the inward parts,
and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 Make me to hear joy and gladness,
that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 Hide Your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
and do not take Your Holy Spirit fromme.
12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
and uphold me with Your willing spirit.
13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
and sinners will return to You.
14Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God,
God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.
16For You do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise.
18Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure;
build the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then You will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
then they will offer young bulls on Your altar.
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