Psalms 51 / 150
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(Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God)To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
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For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
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Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
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Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
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Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
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Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
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Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
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Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
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Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.
- 14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
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O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
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For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
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Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
build up the walls of Jerusalem;
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then will you delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.