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A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span 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">according to your unfailing love;</p><p class="line1">according to your great compassion</p><p class="line2">blot out my transgressions.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Wash away all my iniquity</p><p class="line2">and cleanse me from my sin.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I know my transgressions,</p><p class="line2">and my sin is always before me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Against you, you only, have I sinned</p><p class="line2">and done what is evil in your sight;</p><p class="line1">so you are right in your verdict</p><p class="line2">and justified when you judge.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Surely I was sinful at birth,</p><p class="line2">sinful from the time 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>Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;</p><p class="line2">you taught me wisdom in that secret place.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Cleanse me with hyssop, 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>Let me hear joy and gladness;</p><p class="line2">let the bones you have crushed rejoice.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Hide your face from my sins</p><p class="line2">and blot out all my iniquity.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Create in me a pure heart, O God,</p><p class="line2">and renew a steadfast 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 cast me from your presence</p><p class="line2">or take your Holy Spirit from me.</p> <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 grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then I will teach transgressors your ways,</p><p class="line2">so that sinners will turn back to you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,</p><p class="line2">you who are God my Savior,</p><p class="line2">and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Open my lips, Lord,</p><p class="line2">and my mouth will declare your praise.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;</p><p class="line2">you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>My sacrifice, O God, is <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or The sacrifices of God are">b</a></sup></span> a broken spirit;</p><p class="line2">a broken and contrite heart</p><p class="line2">you, God, will not despise.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/51-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>May it please you to prosper Zion,</p><p class="line2">to build up 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 delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,</p><p class="line2">in burnt offerings offered whole;</p><p class="line2">then bulls will be offered on your altar.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span 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