| 1 | Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to the multitude of Your tender mercy
and
loving-kindness blot out my transgressions. |
| 2 | Wash me thoroughly [and repeatedly] from my iniquity
and
guilt and cleanse me
and
make me wholly pure from my sin! |
| 3 | For I am conscious of my transgressions
and
I acknowledge them; my sin is ever before me. |
| 4 | Against You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified in Your sentence and faultless in Your judgment. |
| 5 | Behold, I was brought forth in [a state of] iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me [and I too am sinful]. |
| 6 | Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. |
| 7 | Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow. |
| 8 | Make me to hear joy and gladness
and
be satisfied; let the bones which You have broken rejoice. |
| 9 | Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my guilt
and
iniquities. |
| 10 | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering,
and
steadfast spirit within me. |
| 11 | Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12 | Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. |
| 13 | Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted
and
return to You. |
| 14 | Deliver me from bloodguiltiness
and
death, O God, the God of my salvation,
and
my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness (Your rightness and Your justice). |
| 15 | O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise. |
| 16 | For You delight not in sacrifice, or else would I give it; You find no pleasure in burnt offering. |
| 17 | My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. |
| 18 | Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19 | Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, justice,
and
right, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bullocks will be offered upon Your altar. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 51:4 : Rom. 3:4.
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Psalm 51:5 : John 3:6; Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:3.
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Psalm 51:16 : I Sam. 15:22.
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