51:1 神啊，求你按你的慈爱怜恤我，
按你丰盛的慈悲涂抹我的过犯！
51:2 求你将我的罪孽洗除净尽，
并洁除我的罪！
51:3 因为我知道我的过犯，
我的罪常在我面前。
51:4 我向你犯罪，惟独得罪了你，
在你眼前行了这恶，
以致你责备我的时候显为公义；
判断我的时候显为清正。
51:5 我是在罪孽里生的，
在我母亲怀胎的时候就有了罪。
51:6 你所喜爱的是内里诚实；
你在我隐密处必使我得智慧。
51:7 求你用牛膝草洁净我，我就干净；
求你洗涤我，我就比雪更白。
51:8 求你使我得听欢喜快乐的声音，
使你所压伤的骨头可以踊跃。
51:9 求你掩面不看我的罪，
涂抹我一切的罪孽。
51:10 神啊，求你为我造清洁的心，
使我里面重新有正直（注：“正直”或作“坚定”）的灵。
51:11 不要丢弃我，使我离开你的面；
不要从我收回你的圣灵。
51:12 求你使我仍得救恩之乐，
赐我乐意的灵扶持我；
51:13 我就把你的道指教有过犯的人，
罪人必归顺你。
51:14 神啊，你是拯救我的 神，
求你救我脱离流人血的罪，
我的舌头就高声歌唱你的公义。
51:15 主啊，求你使我嘴唇张开，
我的口便传扬赞美你的话。
51:16 你本不喜爱祭物，若喜爱，我就献上；
燔祭你也不喜悦。
51:17 神所要的祭，就是忧伤的灵。
神啊，忧伤痛悔的心，你必不轻看。
1Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.