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Psalm 51:1
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 51:1
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 51
Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon
To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy,
blot out my transgressions.(A)
Psalm 51:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 51:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 The sacrifice acceptable to God[a] is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.(A)
Footnotes
- 51.17 Or My sacrifice, O God,
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