51:1  Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.

51:2  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

51:3  For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.

51:4  Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in Your sight—
That You may be found just when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.

51:5  Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.

51:6  Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

51:7  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

51:8  Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

51:9  Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

51:11  Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

51:12  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

51:13  Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

51:14  Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

51:15  O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

51:16  For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.

51:17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

51:18  Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

51:19  Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.