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Psalm 51:1-6 (Listen)

• Psalm 50
• Psalm 51
• Psalm 52

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when vNathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 wHave mercy on me,1 O God,

according to your steadfast love;

according to your xabundant mercy

yblot out my transgressions.

2 zWash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and acleanse me from my sin!

3 bFor I know my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me.

4 cAgainst you, you only, have I sinned

and done what is evil din your sight,

eso that you may be justified in your words

and blameless in your judgment.

5 Behold, fI was brought forth in iniquity,

and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, you delight in truth in gthe inward being,

and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.