1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.

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

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.

Cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions.

My sin is constantly before me.

4 Against you, and you only, I have sinned,

and done that which is evil in your sight,

so you may be proved right when you speak,

and justified when you judge.

5 Behold, I was born in iniquity.

My mother conceived me in sin.

6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.

You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.

Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear joy and gladness,

that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

9 Hide your face from my sins,

and blot out all of my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God.

Renew a right spirit within me.

11 Don’t throw me from your presence,

and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation.

Uphold me with a willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways.

Sinners will be converted to you.

14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.

My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

15 Lord, open my lips.

My mouth will declare your praise.

16 For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.

You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.

O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.

18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.

Build the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,

in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.

Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

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. ]