Psalms 51
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
1In finem. Intellectus David,
2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
2cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech.
3For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
3[Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?
4Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
4Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.
5Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.
5Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.
6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
6Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis; lingua dolosa.
7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
7Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.
8Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
8Videbunt justi, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:
9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.
9Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
10Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.
11Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
11Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.]
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
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13Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners will be converted to you.
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14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
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15Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.
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16For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
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17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
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18Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
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19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
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