Liber Psalmorum

The second book of Psalms, song 51, Vulgate and King James Version

Psalm 51

Vulgate

   1 Magistro chori. PSALMUS. David,
   2 cum venit ad eum Nathan propheta, postquam cum Bethsabee peccavit.
   3 Miserere mei, Deus, secundum misericordiam tuam; et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum dele iniquitatem meam.
   4 Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea et a peccato meo munda me.
   5 Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco, et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
   6 Tibi, tibi soli peccavi et malum coram te feci, ut iustus inveniaris in sententia tua et aequus in iudicio tuo.
   7 Ecce enim in iniquitate generatus sum, et in peccato concepit me mater mea.
   8 Ecce enim veritatem in corde dilexisti et in occulto sapientiam manifestasti mihi.
   9 Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
   10 Audire me facies gaudium et laetitiam, et exsultabunt ossa, quae contrivisti.
   11 Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
   12 Cor mundum crea in me, Deus, et spiritum firmum innova in visceribus meis.
   13 Ne proicias me a facie tua et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
   14 Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui et spiritu promptissimo confirma me.
   15 Docebo iniquos vias tuas, et impii ad te convertentur.
   16 Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meae, et exsultabit lingua mea iustitiam tuam.
   17 Domine, labia mea aperies, et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.
   18 Non enim sacrificio delectaris; holocaustum, si offeram, non placebit.
   19 Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus; cor contritum et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies.
   20 Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion, ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem.
   21 Tunc acceptabis sacrificium iustitiae, oblationes et holocausta; tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

   1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
   2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
   3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
   4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
   5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
   6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
   7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
   8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
   9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
   10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
   11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
   12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
   13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
   14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
   15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
   16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
   17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
   18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
   19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.