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A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>Have mercy on me,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> O God, <p class="indent2"> according to Your loving devotion; <p class="indent1"> according to Your great compassion, <p class="indent2"> blot out my transgressions. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Wash me clean of my iniquity <p class="indent2"> and cleanse me from my sin. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I know my transgressions, <p class="indent2"> and my sin is always before me. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Against You, You only, have I sinned <p class="indent2"> and done what is evil in Your sight, <p class="indent1"> so that You may be proved right when You speak <p class="indent2"> and blameless when You judge.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; <p class="indent2"> I was sinful when my mother conceived me. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; <p class="indent2"> You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; <p class="indent2"> wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let me hear joy and gladness; <p class="indent2"> let the bones You have crushed rejoice. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Hide Your face from my sins <p class="indent2"> and blot out all my iniquities. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Create in me a clean heart, O God, <p class="indent2"> and renew a right spirit within me. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Cast me not away from Your presence; <p class="indent2"> take not Your Holy Spirit from me. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, <p class="indent2"> and sustain me with a willing spirit. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, <p class="indent2"> and sinners will return to You. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, <p class="indent2"> the God of my salvation, <p class="indent2"> and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>O Lord, open my lips, <p class="indent2"> and my mouth will declare Your praise. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; <p class="indent2"> You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; <p class="indent2"> a broken and a contrite heart, <p class="indent2"> O God, You will not despise. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; <p class="indent2"> build up the walls of Jerusalem. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/51-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, <p class="indent2"> in whole burnt offerings; <p class="indent2"> then bulls will be offered on Your altar.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>Be gracious to me</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX <i>and victorious when You judge</i><span class="thin"> </span>; 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