{"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/web/psalms/51","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:23:17.133Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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, 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. Cleanse me from my sin."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let me 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 of my iniquities."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your holy Spirit from me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, |David has come to Abimelech's house.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 51 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 51](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/51)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/51 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}