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Chapter 51
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Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot
out my transgressions. |
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Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin. |
3
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For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is
ever before me. |
4
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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. |
5
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Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my
mother conceive me. |
6
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Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and
in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. |
7
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me,
and I shall be whiter than snow. |
8
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Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which
thou hast broken may rejoice. |
9
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Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. |
10
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Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me. |
11
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Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy
holy spirit from me. |
12
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Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold
me with thy free spirit. |
13
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Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners
shall be converted unto thee. |
14
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Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of
my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. |
15
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O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew
forth thy praise. |
16
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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give
it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. |
17
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
18
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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou
the walls of Jerusalem. |
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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. |
