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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

[1] Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
[2] Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
[3] For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
[4] 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.
[5] Behold, I was born in iniquity.
My mother conceived me in sin.
[6] Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
[7] Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
[8] Let me hear joy and gladness,
that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
[9] Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
[10] Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
[11] Don’t throw me from your presence,
and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
[12] Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
[13] Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners will be converted to you.
[14] Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
[15] Lord, open my lips.
My mouth will declare your praise.
[16] For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.
You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
[17] The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. [18] Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
[19] 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.
King James Version

To the chief Musician, H5329 A Psalm H4210 of David, H1732 when Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030 came H935 unto him, after he had gone in H935 to Bath-sheba. H1339

[1] Have mercy H2603 upon me, O God, H430 according to thy lovingkindness: H2617
According unto the multitude H7230 of thy tender mercies H7356 blot out H4229 my transgressions. H6588
[2] Wash H3526 me throughly H7235 from mine iniquity, H5771
And cleanse H2891 me from my sin. H2403
[3] For H3588 I acknowledge H3045 my transgressions: H6588
And my sin H2403 is ever H8548 before me.
[4] Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, H2398 and done H6213 this evil H7451 in thy sight: H5869
That thou mightest be justified H6663 when thou speakest, H1696 and be clear H2135 when thou judgest. H8199
[5] Behold, I was shapen H2342 in iniquity; H5771
And in sin H2399 did my mother H517 conceive H3179 me.§
[6] Behold, thou desirest H2654 truth H571 in the inward parts: H2910
And in the hidden H5640 part thou shalt make me to know H3045 wisdom. H2451
[7] Purge H2398 me with hyssop, H231 and I shall be clean: H2891
Wash H3526 me, and I shall be whiter H3835 than snow. H7950
[8] Make me to hear H8085 joy H8342 and gladness; H8057
That the bones H6106 which thou hast broken H1794 may rejoice. H1523
[9] Hide H5641 thy face H6440 from my sins, H2399
And blot out H4229 all H3605 mine iniquities. H5771
[10] Create H1254 in me a clean H2889 heart, H3820 O God; H430
And renew H2318 a right H3559 spirit H7307§ within H7130 me.
[11] Cast me not away H7993 from H4480 thy presence; H6440
And take H3947 not H408 thy holy H6944 spirit H7307 from me.
[12] Restore H7725 unto me the joy H8342 of thy salvation; H3468
And uphold H5564 me with thy free H5081 spirit. H7307
[13] Then will I teach H3925 transgressors H6586 thy ways; H1870
And sinners H2400 shall be converted H7725 unto thee.
[14] Deliver H5337 me from bloodguiltiness, H1818§ O God, H430 thou God H430 of my salvation: H8668
And my tongue H3956 shall sing aloud H7442 of thy righteousness. H6666
[15] O Lord, H136 open H6605 thou my lips; H8193
And my mouth H6310 shall shew forth H5046 thy praise. H8416
[16] For H3588 thou desirest H2654 not H3808 sacrifice; H2077 else would I give H5414 it:§
Thou delightest H7521 not H3808 in burnt offering. H5930
[17] The sacrifices H2077 of God H430 are a broken H7665 spirit: H7307
A broken H7665 and a contrite H1794 heart, H3820 O God, H430 thou wilt not despise. H959
[18] Do good H3190 in thy good pleasure H7522 H853 unto Zion: H6726
Build H1129 thou the walls H2346 of Jerusalem. H3389
[19] Then H227 shalt thou be pleased H2654 with the sacrifices H2077 of righteousness, H6664 with burnt offering H5930 and whole H3632 burnt offering: H5930
Then H227 shall they offer H5927 bullocks H6499 upon H5921 thine altar. H4196

Footnotes

  1. § 51:5 Heb. warm me
  2. § 51:10 Or, a constant spirit
  3. § 51:14 Heb. bloods
  4. § 51:16 Or, that I should give it
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τέλος· G5056 ψαλμὸς G5568 τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ G1138 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἐλθεῖν G2064 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὸν G846 Ναθαν G3481 τὸν G3588 προφήτην, G4396 ἡνίκα G2259 εἰσῆλθεν G1525 πρὸς G4314 Βηρσαβεε. Ἐλέησόν G1653 με, G3165 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 κατὰ G2596 τὸ G3588 μέγα G3173 ἔλεός G1656 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 κατὰ G2596 τὸ G3588 πλῆθος G4128 τῶν G3588 οἰκτιρμῶν G3628 σου G4675 ἐξάλειψον G1813 τὸ G3588 ἀνόμημά μου· G3450 [2] ‡ἐπὶ G1909 πλεῖον G4119 πλῦνόν G4150 με G3165 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 ἀνομίας G458 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 ἁμαρτίας G266 μου G3450 καθάρισόν G2511 με. G3165 [3] ‡Ὅτι G3754 τὴν G3588 ἀνομίαν G458 μου G3450 ἐγὼ G1473 γινώσκω, G1097 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἁμαρτία G266 μου G3450 ἐνώπιόν G1799 μού G3450 ἐστιν G2076 διὰ G1223 παντός. G3956 [4] ‡Σοὶ G4671 μόνῳ G3441 ἥμαρτον G264 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 πονηρὸν G4190 ἐνώπιόν G1799 σου G4675 ἐποίησα, G4160 ὅπως G3704 ἂν G302 δικαιωθῇς G1344 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 λόγοις G3056 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 νικήσῃς G3528 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 κρίνεσθαί G2919 σε. G4571 [5] ‡Ἰδοὺ G2400 γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 ἀνομίαις G458 συνελήμφθην, G4815 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἁμαρτίαις G266 ἐκίσσησέν με G3165 ἡ G3588 μήτηρ G3384 μου. G3450 [6] ‡Ἰδοὺ G2400 γὰρ G1063 ἀλήθειαν G225 ἠγάπησας, G25 τὰ G3588 ἄδηλα G82 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 κρύφια τῆς G3588 σοφίας G4678 σου G4675 ἐδήλωσάς G1213 μοι. G3427 [7] ‡Ῥαντιεῖς G4472 με G3165 ὑσσώπῳ, G5301 καὶ G2532 καθαρισθήσομαι· G2511 πλυνεῖς G4150 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 ὑπὲρ G5228 χιόνα G5510 λευκανθήσομαι. G3021 [8] ‡Ἀκουτιεῖς με G3165 ἀγαλλίασιν G20 καὶ G2532 εὐφροσύνην· G2167 ἀγαλλιάσονται G21 ὀστᾶ G3747 τεταπεινωμένα. G5013 [9] ‡Ἀπόστρεψον G654 τὸ G3588 πρόσωπόν G4383 σου G4675 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ἁμαρτιῶν G266 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ἀνομίας G458 μου G3450 ἐξάλειψον. G1813 [10] ‡Καρδίαν G2588 καθαρὰν G2513 κτίσον G2936 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί, G1698 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 καὶ G2532 πνεῦμα G4151 εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον G1457 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἐγκάτοις μου. G3450 [11] ‡Μὴ G3361 ἀπορρίψῃς G641 με G3165 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 προσώπου G4383 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμα G4151 τὸ G3588 ἅγιόν σου G4675 μὴ G3361 ἀντανέλῃς ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ. G1699 [12] ‡Ἀπόδος G591 μοι G3427 τὴν G3588 ἀγαλλίασιν G20 τοῦ G3588 σωτηρίου G4992 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 πνεύματι G4151 ἡγεμονικῷ στήρισόν G4741 με. G3165 [13] ‡Διδάξω G1321 ἀνόμους G459 τὰς G3588 ὁδούς G3598 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 ἀσεβεῖς G765 ἐπὶ G1909 σὲ G4571 ἐπιστρέψουσιν. G1994 [14] ‡Ῥῦσαί G4506 με G3165 ἐξ G1537 αἱμάτων, G129 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τῆς G3588 σωτηρίας G4991 μου· G3450 ἀγαλλιάσεται G21 ἡ G3588 γλῶσσά G1100 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 δικαιοσύνην G1343 σου. G4675 [15] ‡Κύριε, G2962 τὰ G3588 χείλη G5491 μου G3450 ἀνοίξεις, G455 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 μου G3450 ἀναγγελεῖ G312 τὴν G3588 αἴνεσίν G133 σου. G4675 [16] ‡Ὅτι G3754 εἰ G1487 ἠθέλησας G2309 θυσίαν, G2378 ἔδωκα G1325 ἄν· G302 ὁλοκαυτώματα G3646 οὐκ G3756 εὐδοκήσεις. G2106 [17] ‡Θυσία G2378 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 πνεῦμα G4151 συντετριμμένον, G4937 καρδίαν G2588 συντετριμμένην G4937 καὶ G2532 τεταπεινωμένην G5013 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 οὐκ G3756 ἐξουθενώσει. G1847 [18] ‡Ἀγάθυνον, κύριε, G2962 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 εὐδοκίᾳ G2107 σου G4675 τὴν G3588 Σιων, G4622 καὶ G2532 οἰκοδομηθήτω G3618 τὰ G3588 τείχη G5038 Ιερουσαλημ· G2419 [19] ‡τότε G5119 εὐδοκήσεις G2106 θυσίαν G2378 δικαιοσύνης, G1343 ἀναφορὰν καὶ G2532 ὁλοκαυτώματα· G3646 τότε G5119 ἀνοίσουσιν G399 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 θυσιαστήριόν G2379 σου G4675 μόσχους. G3448
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 51:1 Originally verses 50:1–3.
  2. ‡ 51:2 Originally verse 50:4.
  3. ‡ 51:3 Originally verse 50:5.
  4. ‡ 51:4 Originally verse 50:6.
  5. ‡ 51:5 Originally verse 50:7.
  6. ‡ 51:6 Originally verse 50:8.
  7. ‡ 51:7 Originally verse 50:9.
  8. ‡ 51:8 Originally verse 50:10.
  9. ‡ 51:9 Originally verse 50:11.
  10. ‡ 51:10 Originally verse 50:12.
  11. ‡ 51:11 Originally verse 50:13.
  12. ‡ 51:12 Originally verse 50:14.
  13. ‡ 51:13 Originally verse 50:15.
  14. ‡ 51:14 Originally verse 50:16.
  15. ‡ 51:15 Originally verse 50:17.
  16. ‡ 51:16 Originally verse 50:18.
  17. ‡ 51:17 Originally verse 50:19.
  18. ‡ 51:18 Originally verse 50:20.
  19. ‡ 51:19 Originally verse 50:21.