45 lines
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45 lines
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# Chapter 51
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1 Have mercy on me, O God,
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according to your steadfast love;
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according to your abundant mercy
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blot out my transgressions.
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2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
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and cleanse me from my sin!
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3 For I know my transgressions,
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and my sin is ever before me.
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4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
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and done what is evil in your sight,
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so that you may be justified in your words
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and blameless in your judgment.
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5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
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and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
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and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
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7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
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wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
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let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
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9 Hide your face from my sins,
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and blot out all my iniquities.
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10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
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and renew a right spirit within me.
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11 Cast me not away from your presence,
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and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
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12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
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and uphold me with a willing spirit.
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13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
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and sinners will return to you.
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14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
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O God of my salvation,
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and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
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15 O Lord, open my lips,
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and my mouth will declare your praise.
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16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
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you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
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17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
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a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
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18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
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build up the walls of Jerusalem;
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19 then will you delight in right sacrifices,
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in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
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then bulls will be offered on your altar. |