NHEBME - Psalms - 51

51:1  Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

51:2  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

51:3  For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

51:4  Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

51:5  Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

51:6  Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

51:7  Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

51:8  Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

51:9  Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.

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

51:11  Do not throw me from your presence, and do not take your holy Spirit from me.

51:12  Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

51:13  Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.

51:14  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

51:15  Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

51:16  For you do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

51:17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

51:18  Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

51:19  Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.