en_cjb - Psa 51 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ [(0)] For the leader. A psalm of David,

² when Natan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bat-Sheva:

³ [(1)] God, in your grace, have mercy on me; in your great compassion, blot out my crimes.

⁴ [(2)] Wash me completely from my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin.

⁵ [(3)] For I know my crimes, my sin confronts me all the time.

⁶ [(4)] Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil from your perspective; so that you are right in accusing me and justified in passing sentence.

⁷ [(5)] True, I was born guilty, was a sinner from the moment my mother conceived me.

⁸ [(6)] Still, you want truth in the inner person; so make me know wisdom in my inmost heart.

⁹ [(7)] Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

¹⁰ [(8)] Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness, so that the bones you crushed can rejoice.

¹¹ [(9)] Turn away your face from my sins, and blot out all my crimes.

¹² [(10)] Create in me a clean heart, God; renew in me a resolute spirit.

¹³ [(11)] Don’t thrust me away from your presence, don’t take your Ruach Kodesh away from me.

¹⁴ [(12)] Restore my joy in your salvation, and let a willing spirit uphold me.

¹⁵ [(13)] Then I will teach the wicked your ways, and sinners will return to you.

¹⁶ [(14)] Rescue me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation! Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness —

¹⁷ [(15)] Adonai, open my lips; then my mouth will praise you.

¹⁸ [(16)] For you don’t want sacrifices, or I would give them; you don’t take pleasure in burnt offerings.

¹⁹ [(17)] My sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God, you won’t spurn a broken, chastened heart.

²⁰ [(18)] In your good pleasure, make Tziyon prosper; rebuild the walls of Yerushalayim.

²¹ [(19)] Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then they will offer bulls on your altar.