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Psalm 51 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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A Prayer of Repentance

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:2 - Wash me thoroughly from my 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 always before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:4 - Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in Your sight—
That You may be found just when You speak,[fn]
And blameless when You judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will 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 hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:9 - Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:11 - Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:13 - Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 - Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 - O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:18 - Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
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Septuagint, Targum, and Vulgate read in Your words.
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Psalm Chapter 51 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras