Psalms 51

¹ Be gracious to me, O Elohim, according to Your benignity; According to Your many compassions wipe out my transgressions. ² Rinse me abundantly from my depravity, And from my sin cleanse me. ³ For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is in front of me continually. ⁴ Against You, against You alone have I sinned And done what is evil in Your eyes, So that You may be justified when You speak, And be cleared when You judge. ⁵ Behold, I was with depravity when I was travailed in birth, And in sin when my mother conceived me. ⁶ Behold, You delight in truth even in the hidden parts, And in the secret parts You cause me to know wisdom. ⁷ Expiate me with the hyssop, and I shall be clean; Rinse me, and I shall be whiter than snow. ⁸ Let me hear elation and rejoicing; Let the bones You have crushed exult. ⁹ Conceal Your face from my sins, And all my depravities wipe out. ¹⁰ Create for me a clean heart, O Elohim, And renew within me an established spirit. ¹¹ O do not fling me from Your presence, And do not take Your holy spirit from me. ¹² Do restore to me the elation of Your salvation, And stabilize me with a willing spirit. ¹³ Let me teach transgressors Your ways, That sinners may return to You. ¹⁴ Rescue me from bloodguilt, O Elohim, the Elohim of my salvation, That my tongue may be jubilant at Your righteousness. ¹⁵ O Yahweh, open my lips, That my mouth may tell forth Your praise. ¹⁶ For You are not delighting in sacrifice, that I should give it; An ascent approach You are not holding dear. ¹⁷ The sacrifices to Elohim are a broken spirit; A broken and crushed heart, O Elohim, You shall not despise. ¹⁸ In Your benevolence, bring good to Zion; Build up the walls of Jerusalem. ¹⁹ Then You shall delight in righteous sacrifices, ascent approach and wholly fumed offering; Then young bulls shall be offered up on Your altar.