{"reference":"Psalms 51","verses":[{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":1,"text":"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":2,"text":"Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":3,"text":"For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin\nis ever before me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":4,"text":"Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done\nthis evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,\nand\n be clear when thou judgest.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":5,"text":"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":6,"text":"Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden\npart thou shalt make me to know wisdom.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":7,"text":"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":8,"text":"Make me to hear joy and gladness;\nthat the bones\nwhich\n thou hast broken may rejoice.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":9,"text":"Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":10,"text":"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":11,"text":"Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":12,"text":"Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me\nwith thy\n free spirit.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":13,"text":"            Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":14,"text":"Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:\nand my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":15,"text":"O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":16,"text":"For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give\nit: thou delightest not in burnt offering.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":17,"text":"The sacrifices of God\nare a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":18,"text":"Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":19,"text":"Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.\n"}],"text":"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.\nWash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.\nFor I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin\nis ever before me.\nAgainst thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done\nthis evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,\nand\n be clear when thou judgest.\nBehold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.\nBehold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden\npart thou shalt make me to know wisdom.\nPurge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.\nMake me to hear joy and gladness;\nthat the bones\nwhich\n thou hast broken may rejoice.\nHide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.\nCreate in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.\nCast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.\nRestore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me\nwith thy\n free spirit.\n            Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.\nDeliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:\nand my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.\nO Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.\nFor thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give\nit: thou delightest not in burnt offering.\nThe sacrifices of God\nare a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.\nDo good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.\nThen shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.\n","translation_id":"kjv","translation_name":"King James Version","translation_note":"Public Domain"}