Psalm 51

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.