Psalms 50:5-21

⁵For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me.

⁶Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil before thee: that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

⁷For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.

⁸For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.

⁹Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

¹⁰Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice.

¹¹Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

¹²Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts.

¹³Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy Holy Spirit from me.

¹⁴Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit.

¹⁵Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee.

¹⁶Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.

¹⁷O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

¹⁸For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings.

¹⁹Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

²⁰Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.

²¹Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.