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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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div 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your great mercy</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_1">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 away all my evil</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_2">and make me clean from my sin!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.3" class="v19_51_3">3</span>I recognize my faults;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_3">I am always conscious of my sins.</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> I have sinned against you—only against you—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_4">and done what you consider evil.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_4">So you are right in judging me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_4">you are justified in condemning me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.5" class="v19_51_5">5</span>I have been evil from the day I was born;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_5">from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.6" class="v19_51_6">6</span>Sincerity and truth are what you require;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_6">fill my mind with your wisdom.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.7" class="v19_51_7">7</span>Remove my sin, and I will be clean;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_7">wash me, and I will be 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 hear the sounds of joy and gladness;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_8">and though you have crushed me and broken me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_8">I will be happy once again.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.9" class="v19_51_9">9</span>Close your eyes to my sins</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_9">and wipe out all my evil.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.10" class="v19_51_10">10</span>Create a pure heart in me, O God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_10">and put a new and loyal spirit in me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.11" class="v19_51_11">11</span>Do not banish me from your presence;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_11">do not take your holy spirit away from me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.12" class="v19_51_12">12</span>Give me again the joy that comes from your salvation,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_12">and make me willing to obey you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.13" class="v19_51_13">13</span>Then I will teach sinners your commands,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_13">and they will turn back to you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.14" class="v19_51_14">14</span>Spare my life, O God, and save me,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.51.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_14">and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness.</span></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, Lord,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_15">and I will praise you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.16" class="v19_51_16">16</span>You do not want sacrifices,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_16">or I would offer them;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_16">you are not pleased with burnt offerings.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_51_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.51.17" class="v19_51_17">17</span>My sacrifice is a humble spirit, O God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_17">you will not reject a humble and repentant heart.</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>O God, be kind to Zion and help her;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_18">rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.</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 with proper sacrifices</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_19">and with our burnt offerings;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_51_19">and bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David, after the prophet Nathan had spoken to him about his adultery with Bathsheba.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">51.14: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Spare my life … me; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">O God my savior, keep me from the crime of murder.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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