13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,(A)
    so that sinners(B) will turn back to you.(C)
14 Deliver me(D) from the guilt of bloodshed,(E) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,(F)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.(G)
15 Open my lips, Lord,(H)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice,(I) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice,(J) O God, is[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart(K)
    you, God, will not despise.

18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(L)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(M)
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,(N)
    in burnt offerings(O) offered whole;
    then bulls(P) will be offered on your altar.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are

Psalm 3[a]

A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.(A)

Lord, how many are my foes!
    How many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
    “God will not deliver him.(B)[b]

But you, Lord, are a shield(C) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(D)
I call out to the Lord,(E)
    and he answers me from his holy mountain.(F)

I lie down and sleep;(G)
    I wake again,(H) because the Lord sustains me.
I will not fear(I) though tens of thousands
    assail me on every side.(J)

Arise,(K) Lord!
    Deliver me,(L) my God!
Strike(M) all my enemies on the jaw;
    break the teeth(N) of the wicked.

From the Lord comes deliverance.(O)
    May your blessing(P) be on your people.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.
  2. Psalm 3:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.

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