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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 ESV</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><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" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/51-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 51</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/50.htm" title="Psalm 50">◄</a> Psalm 51 <a href="../psalms/52.htm" title="Psalm 52">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/51.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God</p><subheading class="psalm-title">To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Have mercy on me,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Be gracious to me">a</a></sup></span> O God,</span><br /><span class="indent">according to your steadfast love;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">according to your abundant mercy</span><br /><span class="indent">blot out my transgressions.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,</span><br /><span class="indent">and cleanse me from my sin!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I know my transgressions,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my sin is ever before me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Against you, you only, have I sinned</span><br /><span class="indent">and done what is evil in your sight,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">so that you may be justified in your words</span><br /><span class="indent">and blameless in your judgment.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in sin did my mother conceive me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;</span><br /><span class="indent">wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let me hear joy and gladness;</span><br /><span class="indent">let the bones that you have broken rejoice.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hide your face from my sins,</span><br /><span class="indent">and blot out all my iniquities.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Create in me a clean heart, O God,</span><br /><span class="indent">and renew a right<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or steadfast">b</a></sup></span> spirit within me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Cast me not away from your presence,</span><br /><span class="indent">and take not your Holy Spirit from me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Restore to me the joy of your salvation,</span><br /><span class="indent">and uphold me with a willing spirit.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Then I will teach transgressors your ways,</span><br /><span class="indent">and sinners will return to you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,</span><br /><span class="indent">O God of my salvation,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O Lord, open my lips,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my mouth will declare your praise.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;</span><br /><span class="indent">you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;</span><br /><span class="indent">a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;</span><br /><span class="indent">build up the walls of Jerusalem;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">then will you delight in right sacrifices,</span><br /><span class="indent">in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;</span><br /><span class="indent">then bulls will be offered on your altar.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>Be gracious to me</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>steadfast</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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