Noyes - Psalms - 51

51:1  Be gracious unto me, O God! according to thy loving kindness; According to the greatness of thy mercy, blot out my transgressions!

51:2  Wash me thoroughly from my 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 in thy sight have I done evil; So that thou art just in thy sentence, And righteous in thy judgment.

51:5  Behold! I was born in iniquity, And in sin did my mother conceive me.

51:6  Behold! thou desirest truth in the heart; So teach me wisdom in my inmost soul!

51:7  Purge me with hyssop, until I be clean; Wash me, until I be whiter than snow!

51:8  Make me to hear joy and gladness, So that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice!

51:9  Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities!

51:10  Create within me a clean heart, O God! Renew within me a steadfast spirit!

51:11  Cast me not away from thy presence, And take not thy holy spirit from me!

51:12  Restore to me the joy of thy protection, And strengthen me with a willing spirit!

51:13  Then will I teach thy ways to transgressors, And sinners shall be converted to thee.

51:14  Deliver me from the guilt of blood, O God, the God of my salvation! That my tongue may sing aloud of thy goodness!

51:15  O Lord! open thou my lips, That my mouth may show forth thy praise!

51:16  For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.

51:17  The sacrifice which God loveth is a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God! thou wilt not despise!

51:18  Do good to Zion according to thy mercy; Build up the walls of Jerusalem!

51:19  Then shalt thou be pleased with sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt-offerings and complete offerings; Then shall bullocks be offered upon thine altar.