Psalms 50

¹Unto the end, a Psalm of David,

²when Nathan the Prophet came to him, after that he had sinned with Bethsabee.

³Have mercy on me, o God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy commiserations, take away mine iniquity.

⁴Wash me more amply from mine iniquity: & cleanse me from my sin.

⁵Because I do know mine iniquity: and my sin is before me always.

⁶To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

⁷For behold I was conceived in iniquities: & my mother conceived me in sins.

⁸For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.

⁹Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

¹⁰To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness, and the bones humbled shall rejoice.

¹¹Turn away thy face from my sins: and wipe away all mine iniquities.

¹²Create a clean heart in me, o God: and renew a right spirit in my bowels.

¹³Cast me not away from thy face: and thy Holy spirit take not from me.

¹⁴Render unto me the joy of thy salvation? And confirm me with the principal spirit.

¹⁵I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the impious shall be converted to thee.

¹⁶Deliver me from bloods, o God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall exult thy justice.

¹⁷Lord thou wilt open my lips: & my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

¹⁸Because if thou wouldest have had sacrifice, I had verily given it: with holocausts thou wilt not be delighted.

¹⁹A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, o God, thou wilt not despise.

²⁰Deal favourably, o Lord, in thy good will with Sion: that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

²¹Then shall thou accept sacrifice of justice, oblations, & holocausts: then shall they lay calves upon thine altar.