Psalms 51

¹Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:

²Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,

³For I know my transgressions;

⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,

⁵Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity;

⁶Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts;

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness,

⁹Hide thy face from my sins,

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God;

¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence;

¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;

¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips;

¹⁶For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it:

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:

¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:

¹⁹Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,