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Psalm 51

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 For the leader. A psalm of David, when Natan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bat-Sheva: God, in your grace, have mercy on me; in your great compassion, blot out my crimes.

2 Wash me completely from my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my crimes, my sin confronts me all the time.

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil from your perspective; so that you are right in accusing me and justified in passing sentence.

5 True, I was born guilty, was a sinner from the moment my mother conceived me.

6 Still, you want truth in the inner person; so make me know wisdom in my inmost heart.

7 Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness, so that the bones you crushed can rejoice.

9 Turn away your face from my sins, and blot out all my crimes.

10 Create in me a clean heart, God; renew in me a resolute spirit.

11 Don't thrust me away from your presence, don't take your Ruach Kodesh away from me.

12 Restore my joy in your salvation, and let a willing spirit uphold me.

13 Then I will teach the wicked your ways, and sinners will return to you.

14 Rescue me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation! Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness

15 Adonai, open my lips; then my mouth will praise you.

16 For you don't want sacrifices, or I would give them; you don't take pleasure in burnt offerings.

17 My sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God, you won't spurn a broken, chastened heart.

18 In your good pleasure, make Tziyon prosper; rebuild the walls of Yerushalayim.

19 Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then they will offer bulls on your altar.

New Living Translation NLT

1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.

2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.

3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.

4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.

5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.

6 But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.

7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice.

9 Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.

11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.

13 Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you.

14 Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.

15 Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you.

16 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering.

17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

18 Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.