Psalms 51

¹Psalms 51:1. For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.²Psalms 51:2. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.³Psalms 51:3. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.⁴Psalms 51:4. Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.⁵Psalms 51:5. Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.⁶Psalms 51:6. Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.⁷Psalms 51:7. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.⁸Psalms 51:8. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.⁹Psalms 51:9. Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.¹⁰Psalms 51:10. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.¹¹Psalms 51:11. Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.¹²Psalms 51:12. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.¹³Psalms 51:13. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.¹⁴Psalms 51:14. Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.¹⁵Psalms 51:15. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.¹⁶Psalms 51:16. For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.¹⁷Psalms 51:17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.¹⁸Psalms 51:18. In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.¹⁹Psalms 51:19. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.