Psalm 51:6-17

Common English Bible

⁷ Purify me with hyssop and I will be clean;
    wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
⁸ Let me hear joy and celebration again;
    let the bones you crushed rejoice once more.
⁹ Hide your face from my sins;
    wipe away all my guilty deeds!
¹⁰ Create a clean heart for me, God;
    put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!
¹¹ Please don’t throw me out of your presence;
    please don’t take your holy spirit away from me.
¹² Return the joy of your salvation to me
    and sustain me with a willing spirit.
¹³ Then I will teach wrongdoers your ways,
    and sinners will come back to you.

¹⁴ Deliver me from violence, God, God of my salvation,
    so that my tongue can sing of your righteousness.
¹⁵ Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will proclaim your praise.
¹⁶ You don’t want sacrifices.
    If I gave an entirely burned offering,
    you wouldn’t be pleased.
¹⁷ A broken spirit is my sacrifice, God.^[b]
    You won’t despise a heart, God, that is broken and crushed.