Psa 51:1-17 (KJV)
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David,
when Nathan the prophet
came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of
thy tender mercies
blot out my
transgressions.
{2} Wash me
thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
{3} For I acknowledge my
transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
{4} Against 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.
{5} Behold, I was shapen
in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
{6} Behold, thou desirest
truth in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part
thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
{7} Purge me with
hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me,
and I shall be whiter than
snow.
{8} Make me to hear joy
and gladness;
that the bones which
thou hast broken may rejoice.
{9} Hide thy face
from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
{10} Create in me a
clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within
me.
{11} Cast me not
away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit
from me.
{12} Restore unto me the
joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy
free spirit.
{13} Then will I teach
transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted
unto thee.
{14} Deliver me from
bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall
sing aloud of thy righteousness.
{15} O Lord, open thou my
lips;
and my mouth shall show forth
thy praise.
{16} For thou
desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
thou delightest not in burnt
offering.
{17} The sacrifices of
God are a broken spirit:
a broken and a contrite heart, O
God, thou wilt not despise.
