| 51:1
| Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according
unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
|
| 51:2
| Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
|
| 51:3
| For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
|
| 51:4
| Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight:
that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou
judgest.
|
| 51:5
| Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
|
| 51:6
| Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part
thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
|
| 51:7
| Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
|
| 51:8
| Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken
may rejoice.
|
| 51:9
| Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
|
| 51:10
| Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
|
| 51:11
| Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from
me.
|
| 51:12
| Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free
spirit.
|
| 51:13
| Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted
unto thee.
|
| 51:14
| Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my
tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
|
| 51:15
| O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
|
| 51:16
| For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest
not in burnt offering.
|
| 51:17
| The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
|
| 51:18
| Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.
|
| 51:19
| Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with
burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks
upon thine altar.
|
