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