Psalm 51

Question 1

Psalm 51:1

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Psalm 51:2

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Psalm 51:3

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Psalm 51:4

Answer 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.

Question 5

Psalm 51:5

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Psalm 51:6

Answer 6

Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

Question 7

Psalm 51:7

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Psalm 51:8

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Psalm 51:9

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Psalm 51:10

Answer 10

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Question 11

Psalm 51:11

Answer 11

Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Question 12

Psalm 51:12

Answer 12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Question 13

Psalm 51:13

Answer 13

Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.

Question 14

Psalm 51:14

Answer 14

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

Question 15

Psalm 51:15

Answer 15

Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Question 16

Psalm 51:16

Answer 16

You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

Question 17

Psalm 51:17

Answer 17

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

Question 18

Psalm 51:18

Answer 18

May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Question 19

Psalm 51:19

Answer 19

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.