Psalm 51:1
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51:1Have mercy on me, O God, because of1 your loyal love!
Because of2 your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!3
Footnotes
- 1 Or “according to.”
- 2 Or “according to.”
- 3 Traditionally “blot out my transgressions.” Because of the reference to washing and cleansing in the following verse, it is likely that the psalmist is comparing forgiveness to wiping an object clean (note the use of the verb מָחָה (makhah) in the sense of “wipe clean; dry” in 2 Kgs 21:13; Prov 30:20; Isa 25:8). Another option is that the psalmist is comparing forgiveness to erasing or blotting out names from a register (see Exod 32:32–33). In this case one might translate, “erase all record of my rebellious acts.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Be gracious to me, God,
according to your faithful love;
according to your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Have mercy on me, O God,
because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
blot out the stain of my sins.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love.
According to your abundant mercies,
blot out my transgressions.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
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