第51篇
祈求上帝赦免
大卫与拔示巴通奸后，先知拿单来找他，他作了此诗，交给乐长。
1上帝啊，求你按你的慈爱怜悯我；
按你极大的怜悯除去我的过犯。
2求你洗净我的罪过，
清除我的罪恶。
3我知道自己的过犯，
我的罪恶一直萦绕眼前。
4我犯罪得罪了你，
唯独得罪了你，
做了你看为邪恶的事，
所以你责备我是正当的，
你对我的审判是公正的。
5我生来就是个罪人，
在母腹成胎的时候就有罪。
6你所喜爱的是内心的诚实，
求你使我内心有智慧。
7求你用牛膝草洁净我的罪，
使我干净；
求你洗净我，使我比雪更白。
8求你让我听到欢喜快乐的声音，
让我这被你压碎的骨头可以欢乐。
9求你掩面不看我的罪过，
除去我一切的罪恶。
10上帝啊，
求你为我造一颗纯洁的心，
使我里面重新有正直的灵。
11不要丢弃我，
使我离开你，
也不要从我身上收回你的圣灵。
12求你让我重新享受蒙你拯救的喜乐，
赐我一个乐意顺服你的心灵。
13我就会把你的法则教导悖逆之人，
使罪人归向你。
14上帝啊，拯救我的上帝啊，
求你救我脱离杀人流血的罪，
使我开口颂扬你的公义。
15主啊，求你开我的嘴唇，
我的口要向你发出赞美。
16你不喜欢祭物，
否则我会献上，
你也不喜爱燔祭。
17你所要的祭是忧伤的心灵。
上帝啊，你必不轻看忧伤痛悔的心。
18求你恩待锡安，重建耶路撒冷的城墙。
19那时，你必悦纳诚心献上的祭物、燔祭和全牲燔祭，
人们必把公牛献在你的坛上。
Psalm 51In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4Against 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.
5Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17My sacrifice, O God, is51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
18May it please you to prosper Zion,
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,
in burnt offerings offered whole;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
