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Psalms 51

Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love. According to the greatness of your tender mercies, blot out my wrongdoings. Wash me thoroughly from my wrongdoing, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my wrongdoings, and my sin is always before me. Against you — you alone — have I sinned, and done this evil in your eyes, so you a

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Wash me right through

Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love. According to the greatness of your tender mercies, blot out my wrongdoings. Wash me thoroughly from my wrongdoing, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my wrongdoings, and my sin is always before me. Against you — you alone — have I sinned, and done this evil in your eyes, so you are justified when you speak and clear when you judge. I was born into wrongdoing; from the moment my mother conceived me, sin was there. You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you'll make me know wisdom. Cleanse me with hyssop and I'll be clean. Wash me and I'll be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness, so the bones you've broken can rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my wrongdoings. Create in me a clean heart, God, and renew a right spirit within me. Don't cast me away from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free spirit. Then I'll teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love. According to the greatness of your mercies, wipe out my rebellions. Wash me right through from my wrongdoing and make me clean from my sin. Because I know my rebellions, and my sin is always in front of me. Against you, you only, I've sinned and done what's wrong in your eyes — so you're right when you speak and clear when you judge. Look — I was shaped in wrongdoing, and my mother conceived me in sin. Look — you want truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you'll make me know wisdom. Clean me with hyssop and I'll be clean. Wash me and I'll be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, so the bones you've broken can celebrate. Hide your face from my sins and wipe out all my wrongdoing. Make a clean heart in me, God, and put a steady spirit back inside me. Don't throw me away from your face, and don't take your Holy Spirit off me. Give me back the joy of your salvation, and hold me up with a willing spirit. Then I'll teach rebels your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against 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. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

1

Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love. According to the greatness of your tender mercies, blot out my wrongdoings.

Plain English

Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love. According to the greatness of your mercies, wipe out my rebellions.

King James Version, 1611

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2

Wash me thoroughly from my wrongdoing, and cleanse me from my sin.

Plain English

Wash me right through from my wrongdoing and make me clean from my sin.

King James Version, 1611

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3

For I know my wrongdoings, and my sin is always before me.

Plain English

Because I know my rebellions, and my sin is always in front of me.

King James Version, 1611

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4

Against you — you alone — have I sinned, and done this evil in your eyes, so you are justified when you speak and clear when you judge.

Plain English

Against you, you only, I've sinned and done what's wrong in your eyes — so you're right when you speak and clear when you judge.

King James Version, 1611

Against 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.

5

I was born into wrongdoing; from the moment my mother conceived me, sin was there.

Plain English

Look — I was shaped in wrongdoing, and my mother conceived me in sin.

King James Version, 1611

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6

You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you'll make me know wisdom.

Plain English

Look — you want truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you'll make me know wisdom.

King James Version, 1611

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7

Cleanse me with hyssop and I'll be clean. Wash me and I'll be whiter than snow.

Plain English

Clean me with hyssop and I'll be clean. Wash me and I'll be whiter than snow.

King James Version, 1611

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8

Let me hear joy and gladness, so the bones you've broken can rejoice.

Plain English

Make me hear joy and gladness, so the bones you've broken can celebrate.

King James Version, 1611

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9

Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my wrongdoings.

Plain English

Hide your face from my sins and wipe out all my wrongdoing.

King James Version, 1611

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10

Create in me a clean heart, God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Plain English

Make a clean heart in me, God, and put a steady spirit back inside me.

King James Version, 1611

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11

Don't cast me away from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me.

Plain English

Don't throw me away from your face, and don't take your Holy Spirit off me.

King James Version, 1611

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free spirit.

Plain English

Give me back the joy of your salvation, and hold me up with a willing spirit.

King James Version, 1611

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13

Then I'll teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

Plain English

Then I'll teach rebels your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

King James Version, 1611

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

A broken and crushed heart

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. You don't desire sacrifice, or I'd give it. You don't delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, God, you won't despise. Do good in your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem. Then you'll be pleased with sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering. Then they'll offer bulls on your altar.

Get me out from bloodshed, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing out your righteousness. Master, open my lips, and my mouth will tell out your praise. Because you don't want sacrifice, or I'd give it. You don't take pleasure in a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and crushed heart, God, you won't look down on. Do good to Zion in your favour. Build the walls of Jerusalem. Then you'll take pleasure in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering. Then they'll bring up bulls on your altar.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

14

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

Plain English

Get me out from bloodshed, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing out your righteousness.

King James Version, 1611

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Plain English

Master, open my lips, and my mouth will tell out your praise.

King James Version, 1611

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16

You don't desire sacrifice, or I'd give it. You don't delight in burnt offering.

Plain English

Because you don't want sacrifice, or I'd give it. You don't take pleasure in a burnt offering.

King James Version, 1611

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, God, you won't despise.

Plain English

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and crushed heart, God, you won't look down on.

King James Version, 1611

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18

Do good in your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

Plain English

Do good to Zion in your favour. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

King James Version, 1611

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19

Then you'll be pleased with sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering. Then they'll offer bulls on your altar.

Plain English

Then you'll take pleasure in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering. Then they'll bring up bulls on your altar.

King James Version, 1611

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.