Psalm 51
For the director of music. A psalm
of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed
adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me,
O God,
according to your
unfailing love;
according to your
great compassion
blot out my
transgressions.
Wash away all my
iniquity
and cleanse me
from my sin.
For I know my
transgressions,
and my sin is always
before me.
Against you, you
only, have I sinned
and done what is
evil in your sight;
so you are right
in your verdict
and justified when
you judge.
Surely I was
sinful at birth,
sinful from the
time my mother conceived me.
Yet you desired
faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me
wisdom in that secret place.
Cleanse me with
hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I
will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy
and gladness;
let the bones you
have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face
from my sins
and blot out all
my iniquity.
Create in me a
pure heart, O God,
and renew a
steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me
from your presence
or take your Holy
Spirit from me.
Restore to me the
joy of your salvation
and grant me a
willing spirit, to sustain me.
Then I will teach
transgressors your ways,
so that sinners
will turn back to you.
Deliver me from
the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my
Savior,
and my tongue will
sing of your righteousness.
Open my lips,
Lord,
and my mouth will
declare your praise.
You do not delight
in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take
pleasure in burnt offerings.
My sacrifice, O
God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and
contrite heart
you, God, will not
despise.
May it please you
to prosper Zion,
to build up the
walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will
delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,
in burnt offerings
offered whole;
then bulls will be
offered on your altar. (Psalm 51:1-19 NIV) *
Here is
a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance:
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am
the worst.
But for that very reason I was
shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners,
Christ Jesus might display his immense patience
as an example
for those who would believe in him and receive
eternal life.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God,
be honor and glory for ever and ever.
Amen. (1Timothy 1:15-17 NIV) **
for all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
(Romans 3:23-26 NIV) ***
(Romans 3:23-26 NIV) ***
If we claim
to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins
and purify us from
all unrighteousness. (1John 1:8-9 NIV) ****
