51:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the
prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have
mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions.
 51:2  Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin.
 51:3  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is]
ever before me.
 51:4  Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this]
evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou
speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.
 51:5  Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my
mother conceive me.
 51:6  Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in
the hidden [part] thou shalt 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 to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones
[which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
 51:9  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine
iniquities.
 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me.
 51:11  Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy
holy spirit from me.
 51:12  Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me
[with thy] free spirit.
 51:13  [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners
shall be converted unto thee.
 51:14  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my
salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy
righteousness.
 51:15  O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show
forth thy praise.
 51:16  For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give
[it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
 51:17  The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
 51:18  Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the
walls of Jerusalem.
 51:19  Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of
righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering:
then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.