Psalms 51
To the director; a psalm to David in Nathan the prophet entering to him, when he entered to Bathsheba the wife of Uriah.
51:1Show mercy on me, O God, according to your great mercy, and according to the multitude of your compassions! Wipe away my violation of the law!
51:2Abundantly wash me from my lawlessness, and cleanse me from my sin!
51:3For I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always before me.
51:4Against you alone I sinned, and did the wicked thing before you; that you should be justified in your words, and should overcome in your judging.
51:5For behold in lawless deeds I was conceived, and in sins my mother craved strange food for me.
51:6For behold, you loved truth. You manifested to me the concealed things and the private things of your wisdom.
51:7You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; you shall wash me and I shall be whitened above snow.
51:8You shall cause me to hear exultation and gladness; the bones being humbled shall exult.
51:9Turn your face from my sins, and wipe away all my lawlessnesses!
51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew an upright spirit in my insides!
51:11Do not reel your face from me; and do not take away in return the holy spirit from me!
51:12Give back to me the exultation of your deliverance, and support me with your governing spirit!
51:13I shall teach the lawless ones your ways, and the impious shall turn to you.
51:14Rescue me from blood guilt, O God, the God of my deliverance! My tongue shall exult over your righteousness.
51:15O lord, you shall open my lips, and my mouth shall announce your praise.
51:16For if you wanted a sacrifice, I would have given; whole burnt-offerings you do not think well of.
51:17A sacrifice to God is a spirit being broken; God will not treat with contempt a heart being broken and humbled.
51:18Do good, O lord, by your benevolence to Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built!
51:19Then you will think well of a sacrifice of righteousness offering, and whole burnt-offerings; then they shall offer calves upon your altar.