14/01/2025
Prayer of David
Ps.51.1 - Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Ps.51.2 - Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Ps.51.3 - For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Ps.51.4 - Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
Ps.51.5 - Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Ps.51.6 - Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Ps.51.7 - Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Ps.51.8 - Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Ps.51.9 - Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
Ps.51.10 - Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Ps.51.11 - Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Ps.51.12 - Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Ps.51.13 - Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
Ps.51.14 - Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
Ps.51.15 - O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Ps.51.16 - You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
Ps.51.17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Ps.51.18 - In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Ps.51.19 - Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
