Psalm 51.1-17
1 Have mercy on me, O God, in your enduring goodness:
according to the fulness of your compassion
blot out my offences.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness:
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my rebellion:
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you only have I sinned
and done what is evil in your eyes:
so you will be just in your sentence
and blameless in your judging.
5 Surely in wickedness I was brought to birth:
and in sin my mother conceived me.
6 You that desire truth in the inward parts:
O teach me wisdom in the secret places of the heart.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear of joy and gladness:
let the bones which you have broken rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins:
and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God:
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me out from your presence:
do not take your holy spirit from me.
12 O give me the gladness of your help again:
and support me with a willing spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors your ways:
and sinners shall turn to you again.
14 O Lord God of my salvation, deliver me from bloodshed:
and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips:
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
16 You take no pleasure in sacrifice, or I would give it:
burnt-offerings you do not want.
17 The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit:
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
