Psalm
Chapters 51
New International Version Anglicized
1Have mercy on me, O God,according to your unfailing love;according to your great compassionblot out my transgressions.
2Wash away all my iniquityand cleanse me from my sin.
3For I know my transgressions,and my sin is always before me.
4Against you, you only, have I sinnedand done what is evil in your sight;so you are right in your verdictand 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 sinsand 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 presenceor take your Holy Spirit from me.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvationand 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 a broken spirit;a broken and contrite heartyou, 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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