Psalms 51 / 150
- 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 that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
- 5Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
- 6Surely you desire truth in the inner parts ; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- 7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will 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, and sinners will turn back to you.
- 14Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
- 15O Lord, open my lips, 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.
- 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
- 18In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
- 19Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.