51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
² Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
³ For I know my transgressions;
And my sin is ever before me.
⁴ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
And done that which is evil in thy sight;
That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,
And be clear when thou judgest.
⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity;
And in sin did my mother conceive me.
⁶ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts;
And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
⁷ Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
⁸ Make me to hear joy and gladness,
That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
⁹ Hide thy face from my sins,
And blot out all mine iniquities.
¹⁰ Create ^[a]in me a clean heart, O God;
And renew a ^[b]right spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence;
And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
And uphold me with a willing spirit.
¹³ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
And sinners shall ^[c]be converted unto thee.
¹⁴ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;
And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
¹⁵ O Lord, open thou my lips;
And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
¹⁶ For thou delightest not in sacrifice; ^[d]else would I give it:
Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.