Psalm 51

New King James Version

A Prayer of Repentance

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David ^(A)when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
^(B)Blot out my transgressions.
²^(C)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

³For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
⁴^(D)Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil ^(E)in Your sight—
^(F)That You may be found just ^[a]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.

⁵^(G)Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
⁶Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

⁷^(H)Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be ^(I)whiter than snow.
⁸Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken ^(J)may rejoice.
⁹Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰^(K)Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your ^(L)Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your ^(M)generous Spirit.
¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

¹⁴Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
¹⁵O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
¹⁶For ^(N)You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
¹⁷^(O)The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

¹⁸Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹Then You shall be pleased with ^(P)the sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

Footnotes

Psalm 51:4 LXX, Tg., Vg. in Your words

Deuteronomy 6:10-25

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Caution Against Disobedience

¹⁰“So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He ^[a]swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities ^(A)which you did not build, ¹¹houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—^(B)when you have eaten and are full— ¹²then beware, lest you forget the ^(C)Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. ¹³You shall ^(D)fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and ^(E)shall take oaths in His name. ¹⁴You shall not go after other gods, ^(F)the gods of the peoples who are all around you ¹⁵(for ^(G)the Lord your God is a jealous God ^(H)among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.

¹⁶^(I)“You shall not ^[b]tempt the Lord your God ^(J)as you ^[c]tempted Him in Massah. ¹⁷You shall ^(K)diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. ¹⁸And you ^(L)shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, ¹⁹^(M)to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

²⁰^(N)“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ ²¹then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt ^(O)with a mighty hand; ²²and the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household. ²³Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He ^[d]swore to our fathers. ²⁴And the Lord commanded us to ^[e]observe all these ^[f]statutes, ^(P)to fear the Lord our God, ^(Q)for our good always, that ^(R)He might preserve us alive, as it is ^[g]this day. ²⁵Then ^(S)it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’

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Deuteronomy 6:10 promised
Deuteronomy 6:16 test
Deuteronomy 6:16 tested
Deuteronomy 6:23 promised
Deuteronomy 6:24 do
Deuteronomy 6:24 ordinances
Deuteronomy 6:24 today

Romans 12:17-21

New King James Version

¹⁷^(A)Repay no one evil for evil. ^(B)Have^[a] regard for good things in the sight of all men. ¹⁸If it is possible, as much as depends on you, ^(C)live peaceably with all men. ¹⁹Beloved, ^(D)do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ^(E)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. ²⁰Therefore

^(F)“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but ^(G)overcome evil with good.

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Romans 12:17 Or Provide good

Romans 13:8-10

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Love Your Neighbor^(A)

⁸Owe no one anything except to love one another, for ^(B)he who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹For the commandments, ^(C)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” ^[a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, ^(D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore ^(E)love is the fulfillment of the law.