The King James Version Bible

Psalms 51:6-18

  1. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

  2. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  3. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

  4. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

  5. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  6. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

  7. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

  8. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

  9. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  10. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

  11. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

  12. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  13. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.