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 upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.+ ²Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.+ ³For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.+ ⁴Against 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.+ ⁵Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.+ ⁶Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.+ ⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.+ ⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.+ ⁹Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.+ ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.+ ¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.+ ¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.+ ¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.+ ¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.+ ¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.+ ¹⁶For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.+ ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.+ ¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.+ ¹⁹Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.+

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

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