| Chapter 51 |
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. --
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Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. --
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For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me. --
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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. --
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Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. --
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Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom. --
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. --
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Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice. --
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Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. --
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Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. --
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Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. --
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Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit. --
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[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. --
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Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. --
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O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. --
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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. --
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The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. --
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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. --
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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. --
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