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Psalm 51 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:2 - Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:3 - For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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.
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Masoretic Text

51:4  (WLC 51:6) לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ חָטָאתִי וְהָרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עָשִׂיתִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדַּק בְּדָבְרֶךָ תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶךָ׃

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Root &
Transliterated
 
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Against thee,

PHRASE

 

HR/Sp2ms
לְךָ  

 

HR/Sp2ms

thee only,

PHRASE

h905

HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
לְבַדְּךָ בַּד baḏ
Pronounce Hebrew root for H905 בַּד
HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms

have I sinned,

PHRASE

h2398

HVqp1cs
חָטָאתִי חָטָא ḥāṭā'
Pronounce Hebrew root for H2398 חָטָא
HVqp1cs

and

h7451 ↓

HC/Td/Aamsa
וְהָרַע רַע raʿ
Pronounce Hebrew root for H7451 רַע
HC/Td/Aamsa

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The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.

done

h6213

HVqp1cs
עָשִׂיתִי עָשָׂה ʿāśâ
Pronounce Hebrew root for H6213 עָשָׂה
HVqp1cs

[this]

 

 
 

 

 

evil

h7451 ↑

HC/Td/Aamsa
וְהָרַע רַע raʿ
Pronounce Hebrew root for H7451 רַע
HC/Td/Aamsa

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The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.

in thy sight:

PHRASE

h5869

HR/Ncbdc/Sp2ms
בְּעֵינֶיךָ עַיִן ʿayin
Pronounce Hebrew root for H5869 עַיִן
HR/Ncbdc/Sp2ms

that

h4616

HR
לְמַעַן מַעַן maʿan
Pronounce Hebrew root for H4616 מַעַן
HR

thou mightest be justified

PHRASE

h6663

HVqi2ms
תִּצְדַּק צָדַק ṣāḏaq
Pronounce Hebrew root for H6663 צָדַק
HVqi2ms

when thou speakest,

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h1696

HR/Vqc/Sp2ms
בְּדָבְרֶךָ דָּבַר dāḇar
Pronounce Hebrew root for H1696 דָּבַר
HR/Vqc/Sp2ms

[and]

 

 
 

 

 

be clear

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h2135

HVqi2ms
תִּזְכֶּה זָכָה zāḵâ
Pronounce Hebrew root for H2135 זָכָה
HVqi2ms

when thou judgest.

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h8199

HR/Vqc/Sp2ms
בְשָׁפְטֶךָ שָׁפַט šāp̄aṭ
Pronounce Hebrew root for H8199 שָׁפַט
HR/Vqc/Sp2ms

LXX Septuagint

51:4  (LXX 50:6) σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7 - Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:9 - Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:11 - Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:12 - Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:13 - Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 - Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 - O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:18 - Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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.
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