DRC, KJV, VulgClementine - Psalms - 51

51:1  Unto the end, understanding for David,

51:1  Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

51:1  In finem. Intellectus David,

51:2  When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech.

51:2  Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

51:2  cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli : Venit David in domum Achimelech.

51:3  Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?

51:3  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

51:3  Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate ?

51:4  All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

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.

51:4  Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua ; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.

51:5  Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

51:5  Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

51:5  Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem ; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.

51:6  Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

51:6  Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

51:6  Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis ; lingua dolosa.

51:7  Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

51:7  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

51:7  Propterea Deus destruet te in finem ; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.

51:8  The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

51:8  Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

51:8  Videbunt justi, et timebunt ; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent :

51:9  Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

51:9  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

51:9  Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum ; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.

51:10  But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

51:10  Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei ; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.

51:11  I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.

51:11  Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

51:11  Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti ; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.

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.