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Psalms 50
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1(51) For the end, a Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone to Bersabee. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your great mercy; and according to the multitude of your compassions blot out my transgression.
1A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
3For I am conscious of my iniquity; and my sin is continually before me.
3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
4Against you only have I sinned, and done evil before you: that you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged.
4He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
5“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6For, behold, you love truth: you have manifested to me the secret and hidden things of your wisdom.
6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
7You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: you shall wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
7“Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8You shall cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice.
8I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9Turn away your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
9I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts.
10For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
11Cast me not away from your presence; and remove not your holy Spirit from me.
11I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation: establish me with your directing Spirit.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13[Then] will I teach transgressors your ways; and ungodly men shall turn to you.
13Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall joyfully declare your righteousness.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
15O Lord, you shall open my lips; and my mouth shall declare your praise.
15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16For if you desired sacrifice, I would have given [it]: you will not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings.
16But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
17Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
17since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
18Do good, O Lord, to Sion in your good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.
18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
19Then shall you be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole burnt sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon your altar.
19“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.