{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/51","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:18:30.504Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":51,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":50,"nextChapter":52,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness: according to the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak, and be clear when you judge."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which you have broken may rejoice."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Cast me not away from your presence; and take not your holy spirit from me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Restore to me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with your free spirit."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then will I teach transgressors your ways; and sinners shall be converted to you."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, you God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"O Lord, open you my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For you desire not sacrifice; else would I give it: you delight not in burnt offering."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Do good in your good pleasure to Zion: build you the walls of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then shall you be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks on your altar."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 51 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 51](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/51)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/51 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}