Psalms 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- KJV
- Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
- WEB
- Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
- ASV
- Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
- BLB
- For the one directing. A Psalm of David, in the coming of Nathan the prophet to him after that he had gone in to Bathsheba. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Have mercy on me O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to the abundance of Your compassion, wipe out my transgressions.
- ÅB
- Vær meg nådig, Gud, etter din miskunnhet, utslett mine overtredelser etter din store barmhjertighet!
- OTB
- Vær meg nådig, Gud, i din miskunn;
Stryk ut mine overtredelser etter din store barmhjertighet. - B1930
- Vær mig nådig, Gud, efter din miskunnhet, utslett mine overtredelser efter din store barmhjertighet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Read in contextIsaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Read in contextPsalms 51:9
Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
Read in contextColossians 2:14
having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
Read in contextPsalms 69:16
Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
Read in context2 Samuel 11:2–12:13
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Read in contextEphesians 1:6–8
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
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