Book | Chapter | Verse | Text |
Psalms |
51 |
1 |
Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. |
Psalms |
51 |
2 |
Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. |
Psalms |
51 |
3 |
For I recognize my shameful deeds--they haunt me day and night. |
Psalms |
51 |
4 |
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. |
Psalms |
51 |
5 |
For I was born a sinner--yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. |
Psalms |
51 |
6 |
But you desire honesty from the heart, so you can teach me to be wise in my inmost being. |
Psalms |
51 |
7 |
Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
Psalms |
51 |
8 |
Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me--now let me rejoice. |
Psalms |
51 |
9 |
Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. |
Psalms |
51 |
10 |
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. |
Psalms |
51 |
11 |
Do not banish me from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me. |
Psalms |
51 |
12 |
Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. |
Psalms |
51 |
13 |
Then I will teach your ways to sinners, and they will return to you. |
Psalms |
51 |
14 |
Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. |
Psalms |
51 |
15 |
Unseal my lips, O Lord, that I may praise you. |
Psalms |
51 |
16 |
You would not be pleased with sacrifices, or I would bring them. If I brought you a burnt offering, you would not accept it. |
Psalms |
51 |
17 |
The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise. |
Psalms |
51 |
18 |
Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
Psalms |
51 |
19 |
Then you will be pleased with worthy sacrifices and with our whole burnt offerings; and bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar. |