Psalm 51.
To the chief musician, the Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him
after he had gone into Bathsheba.
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.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou shalt
make me to know wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may
rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation,
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it.
Thou delightest not in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion.
Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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.