{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/kjv/psa051.htm","path":"bib/kjv/psa051.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/psa051.htm","text":"1\u00a0Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.\n \n2\u00a0Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.\n \n3\u00a0For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.\n \n4\u00a0Against 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.\n \n5\u00a0Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.\n \n6\u00a0Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.\n \n7\u00a0Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.\n \n8\u00a0Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.\n \n9\u00a0Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.\n \n10\u00a0Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.\n \n11\u00a0Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.\n \n12\u00a0Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.\n \n13\u00a0Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.\n \n14\u00a0Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.\n \n15\u00a0O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.\n \n16\u00a0For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.\n \n17\u00a0The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.\n \n18\u00a0Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.\n \n19\u00a0Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.","title":"King James Version: Psalms: Psalms Chapter 51","type":"page"}