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51:1  Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.
51:2  Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin.
51:3  For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me.
51:4  Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.
51:5  Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.
51:6  Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.
51:7  Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
51:8  Let me know joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
51:9  Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities.
51:10  God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me.
51:11  Do not cast me from your presence; do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
51:12  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me.
51:13  Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you.
51:14  Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.
51:15  Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
51:16  Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings.
51:17  True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.
51:18  Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
51:19  Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.