Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.
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Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
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Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my rebellion; and my sin <em>is</em> ever before me.
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For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 Against thee, against thee only, have I sinned and done <em>this</em> evil in thy sight that thou be declared just in thy word <em>and</em> pure in thy judgment.
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Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.
5 Behold, the pain of <em>my</em> iniquity has caused me to writhe; my mother conceived me so that sin might be removed from me.
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Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, thou dost desire truth in the inward parts, and in the secret <em>things</em> thou hast made me to know wisdom.
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Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Remove the sin in me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness <em>that</em> the bones <em>which</em> thou hast broken may rejoice.
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Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins and eradicate all my iniquities.
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Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
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Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
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Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy saving health, and <em>thy</em> spirit of liberty shall uphold me.
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Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 <em>Then</em> I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
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Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, <em>and</em> my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
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Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
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Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 For thou dost not desire sacrifice <em>or</em> else would I give <em>it</em>; thou dost not delight in burnt offering.
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You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 The sacrifices of God <em>are</em> a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then thou shalt be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, the burnt offering, the offering that has been totally consumed by the fire; then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
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Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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