Psalm 51–53

Psalm LI.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

^aHave mercy upon me, O God, ^aaccording to thy lovingkindness:

According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies ^bblot out my transgressions.

^2cWash me throughly from mine iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

³For ^dI acknowledge my transgressions:

And my sin is ^eever before me.

^4fAgainst thee, thee only, have I sinned,

And done this evil ^gin thy sight:

^hThat thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,

And be clear when thou judgest.

⁵Behold, ⁱI was shapen in iniquity;

And in sin did my mother conceive me.

⁶Behold, thou desirest truth ^jin the inward parts:

And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

^7kPurge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

^cWash me, and ^lI shall be whiter than snow.

⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness;

That ^mthe bones which thou hast ⁿbroken may rejoice.

^9oHide thy face from my sins,

And ^bblot out all mine iniquities.

¹⁰Create in me ^pa clean heart, O God;

And ^qrenew a ^rright spirit within me.

^11sCast me not away ^tfrom thy presence;

And take not ^uthy holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

And uphold me with thy ^wfree spirit.

¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

And sinners shall be ^xconverted unto thee.

¹⁴Deliver me from ^ybloodguiltiness, O God, thou ^zGod of my salvation:

And ^amy tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips;

And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

¹⁶For thou ^bdesirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:

Thou delightest not in burnt offering.

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a ^cbroken spirit:

A ^cbroken and a ^dcontrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

^18eDo good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:

^fBuild thou the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Then shalt thou be ^bpleased with ^gthe sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and ^hwhole burnt offering:

Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Psalm LII.

To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O ^amighty man?

The goodness of God endureth continually.

^2bThy tongue deviseth ^cmischiefs;

^dLike a sharp rasor, ^ddworking deceitfully.

³Thou lovest evil more than good;

And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

⁴Thou lovest all devouring words,

O thou deceitful tongue.

⁵God shall likewise destroy thee for ever,

He shall take thee away, and ^epluck thee out of thy dwelling place,

And root thee out of ^fthe land of the living. Selah.

⁶The righteous also shall ^gsee, and ^gfear,

And ^hshall laugh at him:

⁷Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength;

But ⁱtrusted in the abundance of his riches,

And strengthened himself in his ^cwickedness.

⁸But I am like ^ka green olive tree in the house of God:

I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

⁹I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it:

And I will wait on thy name; ^lfor it is good before ^mthy saints.

Psalm LIII.

To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

^aThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity:

^bThere is none that doeth good.

²God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were ^bany that did understand, that did seek God.

^3bEvery one of them is ^cgone back, they are altogether become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

⁴Have ^dthe workers of iniquity no knowledge?

Who eat up my people as they eat bread:

They have not called upon God.

⁵There were they in great fear, ^ewhere no fear was:

^fFor God hath ^ghscattered ^hthe bones of him that encampeth against thee:

Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

⁶O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!

When God bringeth back the captivity of his people,

Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.