51 - David And The High Spirit

Chapter 51

Have mercy on me O God according to thy steadfast love

According to thy 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 thee thee only have I sinned

And done that which is evil in thy sight

So that thou art justified in thy sentence

And blameless in thy judgment

Behold I was brought forth in iniquity

And in sin did my mother conceive me

Behold thou desirest truth in the inward being

Therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart

Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean

Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow

Fill me with joy and gladness

Let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice

Hide thy face from my sins

And blot out all my iniquities

Create in me a clean heart O God

And put a new and right spirit within me

Cast me not away from thy presence

And take not thy holy Spirit from me

Restore to me the joy of thy salvation

And uphold me with a willing spirit

Then I will teach transgressors thy ways

And sinners will return to thee

Deliver me from blood guiltiness O God

And God of my salvation

And my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance

O Lord open thou my lips

And my mouth shall show forth thy praise

For thou hast no delight in sacrifice

Were I to give a burnt offering thou wouldst not be pleased

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit

A broken and contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise

Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure

Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem

Then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices

In burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings

Then bulls will be offered on thy altar