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Chapter 51 |
| 1 | Have mercy
upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude
of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. |
| 2 | Wash me
throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3 | For I
acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. |
| 4 |
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that
thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou
judgest. |
| 5
| Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my
mother conceive me. |
| 6 | Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward
parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. |
| 7 |
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than
snow. |
| 8 |
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou
hast broken may rejoice. |
| 9 | Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all
mine iniquities. |
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10 | Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a
right spirit within me. |
| 11 | Cast me not away from thy presence; and take
not thy holy spirit from me. |
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12 | Restore unto me the joy of thy
salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. |
| 13 | Then will I
teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
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| 14 | Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my
tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. |
| 15 | O Lord, open
thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. |
| 16 | For thou
desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt
offering. |
| 17
| The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a
contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
| 18 | Do good in
thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19 | Then
shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering
and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. |
