Salmos 51

1 Ao mestre de canto. Hino de Davi.

2 Quando Doeg, o idumeu, veio dizer a Saul: "Davi entrou na casa de Aquimelec".

3 Por que te glorias de tua malícia, ó infame prepotente?

4 Continuamente maquinas a perdição; tua língua é afiada navalha, tecedora de enganos.

5 Tu preferes o mal ao bem, a mentira à lealdade.

6 Só gostas de palavras perniciosas, ó língua pérfida!

7 Por isso, Deus te destruirá, há de te excluir para sempre; ele te expulsará de tua tenda, e te extirpará da terra dos vivos.

8 Vendo isso, tomados de medo, os justos zombarão de ti, dizendo:

9 "Eis o homem que não tomou a Deus por protetor, mas esperou na multidão de suas riquezas e se prevaleceu de seus próprios crimes".

10 Eu sou, porém, como a verdejante oliveira na casa de Deus: confio na misericórdia de Deus para sempre.

11 Eu vos louvarei eternamente pelo que fizestes e cantarei vosso nome, na presença de vossos fiéis, porque é bom.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

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.