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Psalms 51

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me,a O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.

For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God,
because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
blot out the stain of my sins.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!

Wash me clean from my guilt.
Purify me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.

For I recognize my rebellion;
it haunts me day and night.

Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.

Against you, and you alone, have I sinned;
I have done what is evil in your sight.
You will be proved right in what you say,
and your judgment against me is just.a

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

For I was born a sinner —
yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

But you desire honesty from the womb,b
teaching me wisdom even there.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Purify me from my sins,c and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

Oh, give me back my joy again;
you have broken me —
now let me rejoice.

Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.

Don’t keep looking at my sins.
Remove the stain of my guilt.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a rightb spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

Do not banish me from your presence,
and don’t take your Holy Spiritd from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and make me willing to obey you.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.

Then I will teach your ways to rebels,
and they will return to you.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves;
then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.

O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.

Unseal my lips, O Lord,
that my mouth may praise you.

For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one.
You do not want a burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
build up the walls of Jerusalem;

Look with favor on Zion and help her;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

then will you delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit —
with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings.
Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.

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