Chapter 51
1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions . My sin is constantly before me .
4 Against you , and you only , I have sinned , and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
5 Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin .
6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins , and blot out all of my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart , O God. Renew a right spirit within me .
11 Don’t throw me from your presence , and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me .
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit .
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners will be converted to you .
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation . My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.
16 For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it . You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart .
18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
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.