Psalm 51 Word for Word

Have mercy on me, O God
According to your steadfast love
According to your abundant mercy
Blot out my transgressions

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin
For I know my transgressions
And my sin is ever before me
Against you, you only, have I sinned

And done what is evil in your sight
So that you may be justified in your words
And blameless in your judgment
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity
And in sin did my mother conceive me
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being
And you teach me wisdom in the secret heart
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow

Let me hear joy and gladness
Let the bones that you have broken rejoice
Hide your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities

Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from your presence
And take not your Holy Spirit from me
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
And uphold me with a willing spirit

Then I will teach transgressors your ways
And sinners will return to you
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness
O God, O God of my salvation
And my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness
O Lord, open my lips
And my mouth will declare your praise
And my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness
O Lord, open my lips
And my mouth will declare your praise

For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it
You will not be pleased with a burnt offering

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure
Build up the walls of Jerusalem
Then will you delight in right sacrifices
In burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings
Then bulls will be offered on your altar

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise