51:1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
51:1 To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

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

51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.
51:4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:5 Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.

51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
51:6 You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

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

51:8 Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
51:8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.

51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
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 put a new and right spirit within me.
51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from 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 thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.

51:13 Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee.
51:13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
51:14 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.

51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
51:15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

51:16 For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.
51:16 For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.

51:17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

51:18 Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,
51:18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

51:19 then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar.
51:19 then you will delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.