Psalms 51
Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba.
1Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.2For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
3Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
4Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
5Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
6Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
7Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
8Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
9Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
10Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
11Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
12Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
13Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
14O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
15For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
16The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
17In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
18Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.