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psalms 51
1 - Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2 - Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.Cleanse me from my sin.
3 - For I know my transgressions.My sin is constantly before me.
4 - Against you, and you only, I have sinned,and done that which is evil in your sight;that you may be proved right when you speak,and justified when you judge.
5 - Behold, I was born in iniquity.In sin my mother conceived me.
6 - Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 - Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 - Let me hear joy and gladness,That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
9 - Hide your face from my sins,and blot out all of my iniquities.
10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God.Renew a right spirit within me.
11 - Don't throw me from your presence,and don't take your holy Spirit from me.
12 - Restore to me the joy of your salvation.Uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 - Then I will teach transgressors your ways.Sinners shall be converted to you.
14 - Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
15 - Lord, open my lips.My mouth shall declare your praise.
16 - For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 - Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 - Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
