Psalm 51:1-3

Common English Bible

Psalm 51

For the music leader. A psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him just after he had been with Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love!
    Wipe away my wrongdoings according to your great compassion!
²Wash me completely clean of my guilt;
    purify me from my sin!
³Because I know my wrongdoings,
    my sin is always right in front of me.

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Psalm 51:6-7

Common English Bible

⁶And yes, you want truth in the most hidden places;
you teach me wisdom in the most secret space.^[a]

⁷Purify me with hyssop and I will be clean;
wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

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Footnotes

Psalm 51:6 Heb uncertain

Psalm 51:10-13

Common English Bible

¹⁰Create a clean heart for me, God;
    put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!
¹¹Please don’t throw me out of your presence;
    please don’t take your holy spirit away from me.
¹²Return the joy of your salvation to me
    and sustain me with a willing spirit.
¹³Then I will teach wrongdoers your ways,
    and sinners will come back to you.