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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 51 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/51.htm" 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class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Have mercy on me, O God,</p><p class="line2">because of your unfailing love.</p><p class="line1">Because of your great compassion,</p><p class="line2">blot out the stain of my sins.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Wash me clean from my guilt.</p><p class="line2">Purify me from my sin.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I recognize my rebellion;</p><p class="line2">it haunts me day and night.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Against you, and you alone, have I sinned;</p><p class="line2">I have done what is evil in your sight.</p><p class="line1">You will be proved right in what you say,</p><p class="line2">and your judgment against me is just.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For I was born a sinner—</p><p class="line2">yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But you desire honesty from the womb,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">teaching me wisdom even there.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Purify me from my sins,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and I will be clean;</p><p class="line2">wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Oh, give me back my joy again;</p><p class="line2">you have broken me—</p><p class="line2">now let me rejoice.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Don’t keep looking at my sins.</p><p class="line2">Remove the stain of my guilt.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Create in me a clean heart, O God.</p><p class="line2">Renew a loyal spirit within me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Do not banish me from your presence,</p><p class="line2">and don’t take your Holy Spirit<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> from me.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Restore to me the joy of your salvation,</p><p class="line2">and make me willing to obey you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then I will teach your ways to rebels,</p><p class="line2">and they will return to you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves;</p><p class="line2">then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Unseal my lips, O Lord,</p><p class="line2">that my mouth may praise you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one.</p><p class="line2">You do not want a burnt offering.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.</p><p class="line2">You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Look with favor on Zion and help her;</p><p class="line2">rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit—</p><p class="line2">with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings.</p><p class="line2">Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">51:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">and you will win your case in court.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Rom 3:4.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">51:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">from the heart;</span><span class="ft"> Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">in the inward parts.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">51:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Purify me with the hyssop branch.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">51:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">your spirit of holiness.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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