Psalms 51
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Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
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For I know my transgressions.
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Against you, and you only, I have sinned,
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Behold, I was born in iniquity.
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Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
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Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.
8
Let me hear joy and gladness,
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Hide your face from my sins,
10
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
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Don’t throw me from your presence,
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Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
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Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
14
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
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Lord, open my lips.
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For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
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Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
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Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,