Psalms - Chapter 51

¹ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

² Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

Prayer of Repentance

³ For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin [is] always before me.

⁴ Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done [this] evil in Your sight -- That You may be found just when You speak, [And] blameless when You judge.

Confession of Sins

⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

⁶ Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden [part] You will 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 hear joy and gladness, [That] the bones You have broken may rejoice.

Various Requests: About Grace

⁹ Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

¹¹ Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

About Endurance

¹² Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me [by Your] generous Spirit.

¹³ [Then] I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.

¹⁴ Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

¹⁵ O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

¹⁶ For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give [it;] You do not delight in burnt offering.

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart -- These, O God, You will not despise.

¹⁸ Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.

According to Jerusalem

¹⁹ Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.