诗篇 51

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

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51 上帝啊，求你怜悯我，
因为你的慈爱永不改变；
求你除去我的过犯，
因为你有无限的怜悯。
²求你洗净我的罪过，
清除我的罪恶。
³我知道自己的过犯，
我的罪恶一直萦绕眼前。
⁴我犯罪得罪了你，
唯独得罪了你，
做了你看为邪恶的事，
所以你对我的责备是正当的，
你对我的审判是公正的。
⁵我生来就是个罪人，
在母腹成胎的时候就有罪。
⁶你所喜爱的是内心的诚实，
求你使我内心有智慧。
⁷求你用牛膝草洁净我的罪，
使我干净；
求你洗净我，使我比雪更白。
⁸求你让我听到欢喜快乐的声音，
让我这被你压碎的骨头可以欢跳。
⁹求你饶恕我的罪过，
除去我一切的罪恶。
¹⁰上帝啊，
求你为我造一颗纯洁的心，
使我里面重新有正直的灵。
¹¹不要丢弃我，
使我离开你，
也不要从我身上收回你的圣灵。
¹²求你让我重新享受蒙你拯救的喜乐，
赐我一颗乐意顺服你的心灵。
¹³这样，我就能把你的法则教导罪人，
使他们归向你。
¹⁴拯救我的上帝啊，
求你赦免我杀人流血的罪，
使我颂扬你的公义。
¹⁵主啊，求你开我的口，
我要向你发出赞美。
¹⁶你不喜欢祭物，
否则我会献上，
你也不喜爱燔祭。
¹⁷你所要的祭是忧伤的心灵。
上帝啊，你必不轻看忧伤痛悔的心。
¹⁸求你恩待锡安，重建耶路撒冷的城墙。
¹⁹那时，你必悦纳诚心献上的祭物、燔祭和全牲燔祭，
人们必把公牛献在你的坛上。

Psalm 51

New International Version

Psalm 51^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.^(A)

¹Have mercy^(B) on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;^(C)
according to your great compassion^(D)
    blot out^(E) my transgressions.^(F)
²Wash away^(G) all my iniquity
    and cleanse^(H) me from my sin.

³For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.^(I)
⁴Against you, you only, have I sinned^(J)
    and done what is evil in your sight;^(K)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.^(L)
⁵Surely I was sinful^(M) at birth,^(N)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
⁶Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom^(O) in that secret place.^(P)

⁷Cleanse^(Q) me with hyssop,^(R) and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.^(S)
⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;^(T)
    let the bones^(U) you have crushed rejoice.
⁹Hide your face from my sins^(V)
    and blot out^(W) all my iniquity.

¹⁰Create in me a pure heart,^(X) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(Y)
¹¹Do not cast me^(Z) from your presence^(AA)
    or take your Holy Spirit^(AB) from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation^(AC)
    and grant me a willing spirit,^(AD) to sustain me.^(AE)

¹³Then I will teach transgressors your ways,^(AF)
    so that sinners^(AG) will turn back to you.^(AH)
¹⁴Deliver me^(AI) from the guilt of bloodshed,^(AJ) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,^(AK)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.^(AL)
¹⁵Open my lips, Lord,^(AM)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶You do not delight in sacrifice,^(AN) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁷My sacrifice,^(AO) O God, is^[b] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(AP)
    you, God, will not despise.

¹⁸May it please you to prosper Zion,^(AQ)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(AR)
¹⁹Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,^(AS)
    in burnt offerings^(AT) offered whole;
    then bulls^(AU) will be offered on your altar.

Footnotes

Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.
Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are

Psalm 51

The Voice

Psalm 51

For the worship leader. A song of David after Nathan the prophet accused him of infidelity with Bathsheba.

One of the most difficult episodes in King David’s life was his affair with Bathsheba and all that resulted from it. Psalm 51 reflects the emotions he felt after Nathan confronted him with stealing Bathsheba and murdering her husband, Uriah (2 Samuel 11–12).

At one time or another, all people experience the painful consequences of sin. Psalm 51 has been a comfort and a help to millions who have prayed these words as their own. It invites all who are broken to come before God and lean upon His compassion. It teaches that we need not only to be forgiven for the wrong we have done, but we also need to be cleansed of its effects on us. Ultimately, it helps us recognize that if we are to be healed, it is the work of God to create in us a heart that is clean and a spirit that is strong.

¹Look on me with a heart of mercy, O God,
    according to Your generous love.
According to Your great compassion,
    wipe out every consequence of my shameful crimes.
²Thoroughly wash me, inside and out, of all my crooked deeds.
    Cleanse me from my sins.

³For I am fully aware of all I have done wrong,
    and my guilt is there, staring me in the face.
⁴It was against You, only You, that I sinned,
    for I have done what You say is wrong, right before Your eyes.
So when You speak, You are in the right.
    When You judge, Your judgments are pure and true.^[a]
⁵For I was guilty from the day I was born,
    a sinner from the time my mother became pregnant with me.

⁶But still, You long to enthrone truth throughout my being;
    in unseen places deep within me, You show me wisdom.
⁷Cleanse me of my wickedness with hyssop, and I will be clean.
    If You wash me, I will be whiter than snow.
⁸Help me hear joy and happiness as my accompaniment,
    so my bones, which You have broken, will dance in delight instead.
⁹Cover Your face so You will not see my sins,
    and erase my guilt from the record.

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God;
    restore within me a sense of being brand new.
¹¹Do not throw me far away from Your presence,
    and do not remove Your Holy Spirit from me.
¹²Give back to me the deep delight of being saved by You;
    let Your willing Spirit sustain me.

¹³If You do, I promise to teach rebels Your ways
    and help sinners find their way back to You.
¹⁴Free me from the guilt of murder, of shedding a man’s blood,
    O God who saves me.
    Now my tongue, which was used to destroy, will be used to sing with deep delight of how right and just You are.

¹⁵O Lord, pry open my lips
    that this mouth will sing joyfully of Your greatness.
¹⁶I would surrender my dearest possessions or destroy all that I prize to prove my regret,
    but You don’t take pleasure in sacrifices or burnt offerings.
¹⁷What sacrifice I can offer You is my broken spirit
    because a broken spirit, O God,
    a heart that honestly regrets the past,
You won’t detest.

¹⁸Be good to Zion; grant her Your favor.
    Make Jerusalem’s walls steady and strong.
¹⁹Then there will be sacrifices made,
    burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings,
With right motives that will delight You.
    And costly young bulls will be offered up to Your altar, only the best.

Footnotes

51:4 Romans 3:4

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified) (CCB)

New International Version (NIV)

诗篇 51

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

祈求上帝赦免

大卫与拔示芭通奸后，先知拿单来找他，他作了此诗，交给乐长。

Psalm 51

New International Version

Psalm 51^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.^(A)

Footnotes

Cross references

Psalm 51

The Voice

Psalm 51

For the worship leader. A song of David after Nathan the prophet accused him of infidelity with Bathsheba.

Footnotes

More on the NIV

诗篇 51 Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

祈求上帝赦免

大卫与拔示芭通奸后，先知拿单来找他，他作了此诗，交给乐长。

Psalm 51 New International Version

Psalm 51[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.(A)

Footnotes

Cross references

Psalm 51 The Voice

Psalm 51

For the worship leader. A song of David after Nathan the prophet accused him of infidelity with Bathsheba.

Footnotes

More on the NIV

诗篇 51

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

Psalm 51

New International Version

Psalm 51^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.^(A)

Psalm 51

The Voice