# Psalm 51 [[Ps-50|← Psalm 50]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-52|Psalm 52 →]] *** ###### v1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. ###### v2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. ###### v3 For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. ###### v4 Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge. ###### v5 Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin. ###### v6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. ###### v7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. ###### v8 Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. ###### v9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities. ###### v10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. ###### v11 Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me. ###### v12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit. ###### v13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners will be converted to you. ###### v14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. ###### v15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise. ###### v16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. ###### v17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. ###### v18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem. ###### v19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. *** [[Ps-50|← Psalm 50]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-52|Psalm 52 →]]