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51:1  Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love! Wipe away my wrongdoings according to your great compassion!
51:2  Wash me completely clean of my guilt; purify me from my sin!
51:3  Because I know my wrongdoings, my sin is always right in front of me.
51:4  I’ve sinned against you—you alone. I’ve committed evil in your sight. That’s why you are justified when you render your verdict, completely correct when you issue your judgment.
51:5  Yes, I was born in guilt, in sin, from the moment my mother conceived me.
51:6  And yes, you want truth in the most hidden places; you teach me wisdom in the most secret space.
51:7  Purify me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
51:8  Let me hear joy and celebration again; let the bones you crushed rejoice once more.
51:9  Hide your face from my sins; wipe away all my guilty deeds!
51:10  Create a clean heart for me, God; put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!
51:11  Please don’t throw me out of your presence; please don’t take your holy spirit away from me.
51:12  Return the joy of your salvation to me and sustain me with a willing spirit.
51:13  Then I will teach wrongdoers your ways, and sinners will come back to you.
51:14  Deliver me from violence, God, God of my salvation, so that my tongue can sing of your righteousness.
51:15  Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise.
51:16  You don’t want sacrifices. If I gave an entirely burned offering, you wouldn’t be pleased.
51:17  A broken spirit is my sacrifice, God. You won’t despise a heart, God, that is broken and crushed.
51:18  Do good things for Zion by your favor. Rebuild Jerusalem’s walls.
51:19  Then you will again want sacrifices of righteousness— entirely burned offerings and complete offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.