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Version 0.35.76, 26 August 2024

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Psalms Chapter 51

1aTo the choirmaster.↑

A Psalm of David, 1bwhen Nathan the prophet came to him, because he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1cHave mercy on me, O God,

According to your kindness;

Wipe out my transgressions

According to the greatness of your compassion.

2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

3For I acknowledge my transgressions,

And my sin is continually before me.

4Against you, you only, I have sinned,

And I have done what is wrong in your sight,

So you are righteous when you speak,

And you are pure when you judge.

5Behold, I was born in iniquity,

And in sin my mother conceived me.

6Behold, you delight in truth in the inward parts,

And you make wisdom known to me

In the part which is concealed.

7Expiate my sin with hyssop

So that I become clean;

Wash me

So that I become whiter than snow.

8Give me gladness and joy to hear;

Let the bones you crushed rejoice.

9Hide your face from my sins,

And wipe out all my iniquities.

10Create me a clean heart, O God,

And make a new right-minded spirit in my inner self.

11Do not cast me out of your presence,

And do not take your holy spirit away from me.

12Restore the happiness of your salvation to me,

And may a willing spirit sustain me.

13I will teach transgressors your ways,

So sinners will return to you.

14Deliver me from guilt of bloodshed, O God,

O God of my salvation.

Let my tongue shout out your righteousness.

15O Lord*, open my lips

So that my mouth may declare your praise.

16For you do not take pleasure in sacrifice

Which I would give,

Nor do you desire a burnt offering.

17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

A heart that is broken and contrite

God will not despise.

18Do good in your delight in Zion;

May you build the walls of Jerusalem.

19Then you will take pleasure in sacrifices of righteousness

– A standard burnt offering and a complete burnt offering.

Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

Reference(s) in Chapter 51: v.4 ↔ Romans 3:4.

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