Psalms 51

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• 1. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
• 2. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
• 3. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
• 4. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
• 5. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
• 6. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
• 7. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• 8. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
• 9. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
• 10. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
• 11. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
• 12. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
• 13. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
• 14. Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
• 15. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
• 16. You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
• 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
• 18. In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
• 19. Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

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