Psalm 51 - English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when (A)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 (B)Have mercy on me,[a] O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your (C)abundant mercy
(D)blot out my transgressions.
2 (E)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and (F)cleanse me from my sin!
3 (G)For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (H)Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil (I)in your sight,
(J)so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgement.
5 Behold, (K)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, you delight in truth in (L)the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
7 Purge me (M)with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
(N)wash me, and I shall be (O)whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
(P)let the bones (Q)that you have broken rejoice.
9 (R)Hide your face from my sins,
and (S)blot out all my iniquities.
10 (T)Create in me a (U)clean heart, O God,
and (V)renew a right[b] spirit within me.
11 (W)Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not (X)your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will (Y)return to you.
14 Deliver me from (Z)bloodguiltiness, O God,
O (AA)God of my salvation,
and (AB)my tongue will sing aloud of your (AC)righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 (AD)For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are (AE)a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 (AF)Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
(AG)build up the walls of Jerusalem;
19 then will you delight in (AH)right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and (AI)whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me
  2. Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast

Cross references

  1. Psalm 51:1 : 2 Sam. 12:1
  2. Psalm 51:1 : See Ps. 4:1
  3. Psalm 51:1 : See Ps. 106:45
  4. Psalm 51:1 : ver. 9; Isa. 43:25; 44:22; Acts 3:19; Col. 2:14
  5. Psalm 51:2 : ver. 7; Isa. 1:16; Jer. 4:14; Mal. 3:3; Acts 22:16
  6. Psalm 51:2 : Heb. 9:14; 1 John 1:7, 9; [Lev. 13:6]
  7. Psalm 51:3 : Ps. 32:5; [Prov. 28:13]
  8. Psalm 51:4 : Gen. 20:6; 39:9; 2 Sam. 12:13; [1 Cor. 8:12]
  9. Psalm 51:4 : Luke 15:18, 21
  10. Psalm 51:4 : Cited Rom. 3:4
  11. Psalm 51:5 : Rom. 5:12, 19; Eph. 2:3; See Job 14:4; 15:14
  12. Psalm 51:6 : Job 38:36
  13. Psalm 51:7 : Ex. 12:22; Lev. 14:4; Num. 19:18; Heb. 9:19
  14. Psalm 51:7 : [See ver. 2 above]; ver. 7; Isa. 1:16; Jer. 4:14; Mal. 3:3; Acts 22:16
  15. Psalm 51:7 : Isa. 1:18
  16. Psalm 51:8 : Ps. 35:10
  17. Psalm 51:8 : Ps. 44:19; Isa. 38:13
  18. Psalm 51:9 : Jer. 16:17
  19. Psalm 51:9 : [See ver. 1 above]; ver. 9; Isa. 43:25; 44:22; Acts 3:19; Col. 2:14
  20. Psalm 51:10 : 1 Sam. 10:9; Jer. 24:7; Ezek. 11:19; 36:26; Eph. 4:23, 24
  21. Psalm 51:10 : Ps. 24:4; Matt. 5:8; Acts 15:9
  22. Psalm 51:10 : Lam. 5:21
  23. Psalm 51:11 : Ps. 102:10; 2 Kgs. 13:23; 17:20; 24:20; Jer. 7:15
  24. Psalm 51:11 : Rom. 8:9; Eph. 4:30
  25. Psalm 51:13 : [Luke 22:32]
  26. Psalm 51:14 : 2 Sam. 11:17; 12:9
  27. Psalm 51:14 : Ps. 24:5
  28. Psalm 51:14 : Ps. 35:28; 71:8, 15, 24
  29. Psalm 51:14 : [1 John 1:9]
  30. Psalm 51:16 : See Ps. 40:6
  31. Psalm 51:17 : See Ps. 34:18
  32. Psalm 51:18 : [Ps. 69:35; 122:6]
  33. Psalm 51:18 : Ps. 147:2
  34. Psalm 51:19 : Ps. 4:5; [Mal. 3:3]
  35. Psalm 51:19 : Deut. 33:10

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