Note: Each Friday during Lent, one of the
Seven Penitential Psalms will be offered. The penitential designation of these
Psalms dates from the seventh century.
Psalm 51 (NKJV)
Have mercy upon me, O God, According
to Your loving-kindness; According to the multitude of Your tender
mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my
iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is
always before me. 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. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my
mother conceived me. Behold, You desire truth in
the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me,
and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and
gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide
Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. Create
in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore
to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then
I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to
You. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O
God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of
Your righteousness.
O Lord,
open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. For You
do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in
burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You
will not despise.
Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the
walls of Jerusalem. Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of
righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then
they shall offer bulls on Your altar.
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