PSALM 51(50) MISERERE MEI, DEUS

(Psalm 51 by Kreg Yingst)

Have mercy on me, O God:

   according to Thy great mercy.

And according to the multitude of

   Thy tender mercies: 

   blot out my iniquity.

Wash me yet more from my iniquity:

   and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my iniquity:

   and my sin is always before me.

To Thee only have I sinned

   and have done evil before Thee:

   that Thou mayest be justified

   in Thy words and mayest overcome

   when Thou art judged.

For behold I was conceived in iniquities:

   and in sins did my mother conceive me.

For behold Thou hast loved truth:

   the uncertain and hidden things of Thy

   wisdom Thou hast made manifest unto me.

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop,

   and I shall be cleansed:

Thou shalt wash me,

   and I shall be made whiter than snow.

To my hearing Thou shalt give joy and gladness:

   and the bones that have been humbled

   shall rejoice.

Turn away Thy face from my sins:

   and blot out all my iniquities.

Create a clean heart in me, O God:

   and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Thy face:

   and take not Thy holy spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation:

   and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

I will teach the unjust Thy ways:

   and the wicked shall be converted to Thee.

Deliver me from blood, O God,

   Thou God of my salvation:

   and my tongue shall extol Thy justice.

O Lord, Thou wilt open my lips:

   and my mouth shall declare Thy praise.

For if Thou hadst desired sacrifice,

   I would indeed have given it:

   with burnt offerings

   Thou wilt not be delighted.

A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit:

   a contrite and humble heart, O God,

   Thou wilt not despise.

Deal favorably, O Lord,

   in Thy good will with Sion:

   that the walls of Jerusalem

   may be built up.

Then shalt Thou accept

   the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and

   whole burnt offerings:

   then shall they lay calves upon Thy altar.