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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(For the music leader. A psalm by David when the prophet Nathan came to him after David had been with Bathsheba.)</h3><h3 class="s1">A Prayer for Forgiveness</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.1" class="v19_51_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.51.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You are kind, God!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_1">Please have pity on me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_1">You are always merciful!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_1">Please wipe away my sins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.2" class="v19_51_2">2</span>Wash me clean from all</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_2">of my sin and guilt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.3" class="v19_51_3">3</span>I know about my sins,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_3">and I cannot forget</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_3">the burden of my guilt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.4" class="v19_51_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.51.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You are really the one</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_4">I have sinned against;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_4">I have disobeyed you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_4">and have done wrong.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_4">So it is right and fair for you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_4">to correct and punish me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.5" class="v19_51_5">5</span>I have sinned and done wrong</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_5">since the day I was born.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.6" class="v19_51_6">6</span>But you want complete honesty,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_6">so teach me true wisdom.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.7" class="v19_51_7">7</span>Wash me with hyssop<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.51.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_7">until I am clean</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_7">and whiter than snow.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.8" class="v19_51_8">8</span>Let me be happy and joyful!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_8">You crushed my bones,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_8">now let them celebrate.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.9" class="v19_51_9">9</span>Turn your eyes from my sin</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_9">and cover my guilt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.10" class="v19_51_10">10</span>Create pure thoughts in me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_10">and make me faithful again.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.11" class="v19_51_11">11</span>Don't chase me away from you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_11">or take your Holy Spirit</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_11">away from me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.12" class="v19_51_12">12</span>Make me as happy as you did</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_12">when you saved me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_12">make me want to obey!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.13" class="v19_51_13">13</span>I will teach sinners your Law,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_13">and they will return to you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.14" class="v19_51_14">14</span>Keep me from any deadly sin.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_14">Only you can save me!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_14">Then I will shout and sing</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_14">about your power to save.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.15" class="v19_51_15">15</span>Help me to speak,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_15">and I will praise you, Lord.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.16" class="v19_51_16">16</span>Offerings and sacrifices</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_16">are not what you want.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.17" class="v19_51_17">17</span>The way to please you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_17">is to be truly sorry</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_17">deep in our hearts.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_17">This is the kind of sacrifice</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_17">you won't refuse.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.18" class="v19_51_18">18</span>Please be willing, Lord,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_18">to help the city of Zion</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_18">and to rebuild its walls.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.19" class="v19_51_19">19</span>Then you will be pleased</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_19">with the proper sacrifices,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_19">and we will offer bulls</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_19">on your altar once again.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">51.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">hyssop: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A small bush with bunches of small, white flowers. 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