1 Vir die musiekleier. 'n Psalm van Dawid,

2 toe die profeet Natan na hom gekom het, nadat hy by B tseba ingegaan het.

4 Was my heeltemal van my ongeregtigheid en reinig my van my sonde.

5 Want ,k ken my oortredinge, en my sonde is altyddeur voor my.

6 Teen U alleen het ek gesondig en gedoen wat verkeerd is in u oë, sodat U regverdig kan wees as U spreek, rein as U gerig hou.

7 Kyk, in ongeregtigheid is ek gebore, en in sonde het my moeder my ontvang.

8 Kyk, U het 'n welgevalle aan waarheid in die binneste, en in die verborgene maak U aan my wysheid bekend.

9 Ontsondig my met hisop, dat ek kan rein wees; was my, dat ek witter kan wees as sneeu.

10 Laat my vreugde en blydskap hoor; laat die gebeente juig wat U verbrysel het.

11 Verberg u aangesig vir my sondes en delg uit al my ongeregtighede.

12 Skep vir my 'n rein hart, o God, en gee opnuut in die binneste van my 'n vaste gees.

13 Verwerp my nie van u aangesig nie en neem u Heilige Gees nie van my weg nie.

14 Gee my weer die vreugde van u heil, en ondersteun my deur 'n gewillige gees.

15 Ek wil die oortreders u weë leer, dat die sondaars hulle tot U kan bekeer.

16 Red my van bloedskuld, o God, God van my heil! Laat my tong u geregtigheid uitjubel.

17 Here, open my lippe, dat my mond u lof kan verkondig.

18 Want U het geen lus in slagoffer nie, anders sou ek dit gee; in brandoffer het U geen behae nie.

19 Die offers van God is 'n gebroke gees; 'n gebroke en verslae hart sal U, o God, nie verag nie! [ (Psalms 51:20) Doen goed aan Sion na u welbehae; bou die mure van Jerusalem op. ] [ (Psalms 51:21) Dan sal U 'n welbehae hê in die offers van geregtigheid, in brandoffer en voloffer; dan sal hulle stiere offer op u altaar. ]

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:

According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

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;

That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,

And be clear when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity;

And in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts;

And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness,

That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins,

And blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;

And renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence;

And take not thy holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

And uphold me with a willing spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

And sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;

And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips;

And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it:

Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:

A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:

Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,

In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering:

Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.