RSV Psalms 51 Chapter
51:1
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love;according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
51:2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
51:3
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.
51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being;therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
51:8
Fill me with joy and gladness;let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
51:9
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
51:11
Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
51:12
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
51:13
Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee.
51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
51:15
O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
51:16
For thou hast no delight in sacrifice;were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.
51:17
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:18
Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure;rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,
51:19
then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;then bulls will be offered on thy altar.