Psalm 51:3-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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3 Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love;
in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions.
4 Thoroughly wash away my guilt;
and from my sin cleanse me.
Psalm 51:5-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 For I know my transgressions;
my sin is always before me.(A)
6 Against you, you alone have I sinned;
I have done what is evil in your eyes
So that you are just in your word,
and without reproach in your judgment.(B)
Psalm 51:6-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 Against you, you alone have I sinned;
I have done what is evil in your eyes
So that you are just in your word,
and without reproach in your judgment.(A)
7 Behold, I was born in guilt,
in sin my mother conceived me.[a](B)
Notas al pie
- 51:7 In sin my mother conceived me: lit., “In iniquity was I conceived,” an instance of hyperbole: at no time was the psalmist ever without sin, cf. Ps 88:15, “I am mortally afflicted since youth,” i.e., I have always been afflicted. The verse does not imply that the sexual act of conception is sinful.
Psalm 51:10-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 You will let me hear gladness and joy;
the bones you have crushed will rejoice.
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11 Turn away your face from my sins;
blot out all my iniquities.
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