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Psalm 51 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy 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 know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:4 - Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, I was brought forth 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 being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

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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 - Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:9 - Hide thy 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 put a new and 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 to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:13 - Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 - For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 - The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:18 - Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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Psalm Chapter 51 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New 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 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