Psalms 51
New International Version - Psalms 51 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 51:2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 51:4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. 51:5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. 51:6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts ; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. 51:7 Cleanse 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; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. 51:9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 51:11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. 51:14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 51:15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 51:16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 51:18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. 51:19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.