Psalms 51 << || >>

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