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| Psalms 51:1 | Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. | <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin. |
| Psalms 51:2 | Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. | Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil. |
| Psalms 51:3 | For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. | For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me. |
| Psalms 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. | Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging. |
| Psalms 51:5 | Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. | Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth. |
| Psalms 51:6 | Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. | Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom. |
| Psalms 51:7 | Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow. |
| Psalms 51:8 | Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. | Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad. |
| Psalms 51:9 | Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. | Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins. |
| Psalms 51:10 | Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. | Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again. |
| Psalms 51:11 | Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. | Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me. |
| Psalms 51:12 | Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. | Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support. |
| Psalms 51:13 | Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. | Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you. |
| Psalms 51:14 | Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. | Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness. |
| Psalms 51:15 | O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. | O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise. |
| Psalms 51:16 | For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. | You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings. |
| Psalms 51:17 | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. | The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you. |
| Psalms 51:18 | Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. | Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem. |
| Psalms 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. | Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar. |
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