51:3 \51:1\ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
51:4 \51:2\Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
51:5 \51:3\For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
51:6 \51:4\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.
51:7 \51:5\Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:8 \51:6\Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
51:9 \51:7\Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
51:10 \51:8\Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
51:11 \51:9\Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
51:12 \51:10\Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
51:13 \51:11\Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
51:14 \51:12\Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
51:15 \51:13\[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
51:16 \51:14\Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
51:17 \51:15\O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
51:18 \51:16\For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
51:19 \51:17\The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:20 \51:18\Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
51:21 \51:19\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.