{"reference":"Psalms 51","verses":[{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":1,"text":"Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.\nAccording to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":2,"text":"Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.\nCleanse me from my sin.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":3,"text":"For I know my transgressions.\nMy sin is constantly before me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":4,"text":"Against you, and you only, I have sinned,\nand done that which is evil in your sight;\nthat you may be proved right when you speak,\nand justified when you judge.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":5,"text":"Behold, I was born in iniquity.\nIn sin my mother conceived me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":6,"text":"Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.\nYou teach me wisdom in the inmost place.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":7,"text":"Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.\nWash me, and I will be whiter than snow.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":8,"text":"Let me hear joy and gladness,\nThat the bones which you have broken may rejoice.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":9,"text":"Hide your face from my sins,\nand blot out all of my iniquities.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":10,"text":"Create in me a clean heart, O God.\nRenew a right spirit within me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":11,"text":"Don’t throw me from your presence,\nand don’t take your holy Spirit from me.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":12,"text":"Restore to me the joy of your salvation.\nUphold me with a willing spirit.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":13,"text":"Then I will teach transgressors your ways.\nSinners shall be converted to you.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":14,"text":"Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.\nMy tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":15,"text":"Lord, open my lips.\nMy mouth shall declare your praise.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":16,"text":"For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.\nYou have no pleasure in burnt offering.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":17,"text":"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.\nA broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":18,"text":"Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.\nBuild the walls of Jerusalem.\n"},{"book_id":"PSA","book_name":"Psalms","chapter":51,"verse":19,"text":"Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,\nin burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.\nThen they will offer bulls on your altar.\n"}],"text":"Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.\nAccording to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.\nWash me thoroughly from my iniquity.\nCleanse me from my sin.\nFor I know my transgressions.\nMy sin is constantly before me.\nAgainst you, and you only, I have sinned,\nand done that which is evil in your sight;\nthat you may be proved right when you speak,\nand justified when you judge.\nBehold, I was born in iniquity.\nIn sin my mother conceived me.\nBehold, you desire truth in the inward parts.\nYou teach me wisdom in the inmost place.\nPurify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.\nWash me, and I will be whiter than snow.\nLet me hear joy and gladness,\nThat the bones which you have broken may rejoice.\nHide your face from my sins,\nand blot out all of my iniquities.\nCreate in me a clean heart, O God.\nRenew a right spirit within me.\nDon’t throw me from your presence,\nand don’t take your holy Spirit from me.\nRestore to me the joy of your salvation.\nUphold me with a willing spirit.\nThen I will teach transgressors your ways.\nSinners shall be converted to you.\nDeliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.\nMy tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.\nLord, open my lips.\nMy mouth shall declare your praise.\nFor you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.\nYou have no pleasure in burnt offering.\nThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.\nA broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.\nDo well in your good pleasure to Zion.\nBuild the walls of Jerusalem.\nThen you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,\nin burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.\nThen they will offer bulls on your altar.\n","translation_id":"web","translation_name":"World English Bible","translation_note":"Public Domain"}