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Psalm 51

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

1 God, be merciful to me because you are loving. Because you are always ready to be merciful, wipe out all my wrongs.

2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

2 Wash away all my guilt and make me clean again.

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

3 I know about my wrongs, and I can't forget my sin.

4 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.

4 You are the only one I have sinned against; I have done what you say is wrong. You are right when you speak and fair when you judge.

5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

5 I was brought into this world in sin. In sin my mother gave birth to me.

6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

6 You want me to be completely truthful, so teach me wisdom.

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

7 Take away my sin, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

8 Make me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you crushed be happy again.

9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

9 Turn your face from my sins and wipe out all my guilt.

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

10 Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again.

11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

11 Do not send me away from you or take your Holy Spirit away from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

12 Give me back the joy of your salvation. Keep me strong by giving me a willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.

13 Then I will teach your ways to those who do wrong, and sinners will turn back to you.

14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

14 God, save me from the guilt of murder, God of my salvation, and I will sing about your goodness.

15 Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.

15 Lord, let me speak so I may praise you.

16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

16 You are not pleased by sacrifices, or I would give them. You don't want burnt offerings.

17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

17 The sacrifice God wants is a broken spirit. God, you will not reject a heart that is broken and sorry for sin.

18 May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.

18 Do whatever good you wish for Jerusalem. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

19 Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices and whole burnt offerings, and bulls will be offered on your altar.