Psalm 51

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Book of Psalms
Psalm 51
David prays for remission of sins, for sanctification, etc.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot[1] out my transgressions. 

2  Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin[2]. 

3  For I acknowledge my transgressions[3]: and my sin is ever before me. 

4  Against thee[4], thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight[5]: that thou mightest be justified[6] when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 

5  Behold, I was shapen in iniquity[7]; and in sin did my mother conceive[8] me. 

6  Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 

7  Purge me with hyssop,[9] and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

8  Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 

9  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 

10  Create in me a clean heart[10], O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 

11  Cast me not away from thy presence[11]; and take not thy holy spirit[12] from me. 

12  Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit[13]. 

13  Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

14  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 

15  O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 

16  For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.[14] 

17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 

18  Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

19  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness[15], with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Col 2:14
  2. ↑ Eze 36:25, Zec 13:1, 1 Cor 6:11, Heb 9:14, 1 Joh 1:7, Rev 1:5
  3. ↑ Psa 32:5
  4. ↑ Gen 39:9
  5. ↑ Luk 15:21
  6. ↑ Rom 3:4
  7. ↑ Rom 5:12, Joh 3:6, Job 14:4
  8. ↑ Notice the pro-life statement here, while some English translations (like the NIV) replace "conceive" with "gave birth to."
  9. ↑ hyssop is an unidentified wild shrub whose twigs were used for sprinkling to purify.
  10. ↑ Pro 20:9, Jer 13:27, Eze 11:19, Act 15:9, Eph 2:10
  11. ↑ Gen 4:14
  12. ↑ Eze 36:27, Rom 8:9
  13. ↑ Rom 8:15, 2 Cor 3:17
  14. ↑ Augustine quotes this and the following verse (51:16-17) in The City of God - Augustine refers to a "humble God."
  15. ↑ Mal 3:3
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