Psalms 51:6-17

⁶What you desire is that I desire what is true in order that you can teach me how to act wisely.

⁷Purify me from the guilt of my sins, and after that happens, I will be clean in my inner being; cleanse me, and then in my inner being I will be ◄whiter than snow/very clean►.

⁸Allow/Cause me to be joyful DOU again; you have ◄crushed my spirit/completely discouraged me► MTY; but now let me rejoice again.

⁹Do not continue to look at the sins IDM that I have committed; erase the record of the evil things that I have done.

¹⁰O God, cause my inner being to be pure. Put new thoughts within me and make me faithful again.

¹¹Do not send me away from you because of my sin, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Cause/Allow me to be happy again because of knowing that you have freed me from the guilt of my sin, and make me willing to obey you.

¹³If you do that, I will be able to teach other sinners what you want them to do, and they will repent and begin to obey you.

¹⁴O God, you are the one who saves me; forgive me for being guilty of causing someone who was not my enemy to die. When you do that, I will sing joyfully about your being very good and righteous.

¹⁵O Yahweh, help me to speak in order that I may praise you.

¹⁶You are not pleased only with the sacrifices that people bring to you. If that were enough to please you, I would bring you sacrifices. You are not pleased with burnt offerings alone.

¹⁷The sacrifice that you really want is for people to be truly humble and sorry for having sinned; O God, you will not refuse that kind of sacrifice.