Psalms 51 · Clearspring

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba.

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

¹Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.+ ²Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.+ ³For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.+ ⁴Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.+ ⁵Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.+ ⁶Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.+ ⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.+ ⁸Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.+ ⁹Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.+ ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.+ ¹¹Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.+ ¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.+ ¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.+ ¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.+ ¹⁵O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.+ ¹⁶For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.+ ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.+ ¹⁸In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.+ ¹⁹Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.+

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

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