Psalm 51:3-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
and done that which is evil in thy sight,
so that thou art justified in thy sentence
and blameless in thy judgment.
Psalm 51:8-9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 Fill[a] me with joy and gladness;
let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
Footnotes
- Psalm 51:8 Syr: Heb Make to hear
Psalm 51:12-13
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors thy ways,
and sinners will return to thee.
Psalm 51:14
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,[a] O God,
thou God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
Footnotes
- Psalm 51:14 Or death
Psalm 51:17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
17 The sacrifice acceptable to God[a] is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Footnotes
- Psalm 51:17 Or My sacrifice, O God
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