King James VersionPsalms51

Psalms

1 Have mer­cy upon me, O God, ac­cord­ing to thy lov­ingkind­ness: ac­cord­ing unto the mul­ti­tude of thy ten­der mer­cies blot out my trans­gres­sions.
2 Wash me through­ly from mine in­iq­ui­ty, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I ac­knowl­edge my trans­gres­sions: and my sin is ever be­fore me.
4 Against thee, thee on­ly, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou might­est be jus­ti­fied when thou speak­est, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Be­hold, I was shapen in in­iq­ui­ty; and in sin did my moth­er con­ceive me.
6 Be­hold, thou de­sirest truth in the in­ward parts: and in the hid­den part thou shalt make me to know wis­dom.
7 Purge me with hys­sop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and glad­ness; that the bones which thou hast bro­ken may re­joice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine in­iq­ui­ties.
10 Cre­ate in me a clean heart, O God; and re­new a right spir­it with­in me.
11 Cast me not away from thy pres­ence; and take not thy holy spir­it from me.
12 Re­store unto me the joy of thy sal­va­tion; and up­hold me with thy free spir­it.
13 Then will I teach trans­gres­sors thy ways; and sin­ners shall be con­vert­ed unto thee.
14 De­liv­er me from blood­guilti­ness, O God, thou God of my sal­va­tion: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righ­teous­ness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou de­sirest not sac­ri­fice; else would I give it: thou de­light­est not in burnt of­fer­ing.
17 The sac­ri­fices of God are a bro­ken spir­it: a bro­ken and a con­trite heart, O God, thou wilt not de­spise.
18 Do good in thy good plea­sure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sac­ri­fices of righ­teous­ness, with burnt of­fer­ing and whole burnt of­fer­ing: then shall they of­fer bul­locks upon thine al­tar.