A modern English translation drawn directly from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. Translated word-for-word where possible, by a committee with scholarly oversight.
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Psalm 51
Chapter summary coming soon.
Verse 1. For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Verse 2. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Verse 3. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Verse 4. Against 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.
Verse 5. Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Verse 6. Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Verse 7. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Verse 8. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Verse 9. Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
Verse 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Verse 11. Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Verse 12. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
Verse 13. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
Verse 14. Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Verse 15. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Verse 16. For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Verse 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Verse 18. In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Verse 19. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.