Ps.51.1

Generous in love--God, give grace! Huge in mercy--wipe out my bad record.

Ps.51.1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Ps.51.1

Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Ps.51.1

Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.

Ps.51.2

Scrub away my guilt, soak out my sins in your laundry.

Ps.51.2

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Ps.51.2

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

Ps.51.2

Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.

Ps.51.3

I know how bad I've been; my sins are staring me down.

Ps.51.3

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Ps.51.3

For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.

Ps.51.3

For I recognize my shameful deeds--they haunt me day and night.

Ps.51.4

You're the One I've violated, and you've seen it all, seen the full extent of my evil. You have all the facts before you; whatever you decide about me is fair.

Ps.51.4

Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.

Ps.51.4

Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-- That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.

Ps.51.4

Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.

Ps.51.5

I've been out of step with you for a long time, in the wrong since before I was born.

Ps.51.5

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Ps.51.5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

Ps.51.5

For I was born a sinner--yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.

Ps.51.6

What you're after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.

Ps.51.6

Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Ps.51.6

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

Ps.51.6

But you desire honesty from the heart, so you can teach me to be wise in my inmost being.

Ps.51.7

Soak me in your laundry and I'll come out clean, scrub me and I'll have a snow-white life.

Ps.51.7

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Ps.51.7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Ps.51.7

Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Ps.51.8

Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing.

Ps.51.8

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Ps.51.8

Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

Ps.51.8

Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me--now let me rejoice.

Ps.51.9

Don't look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health.

Ps.51.9

Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

Ps.51.9

Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.

Ps.51.9

Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.