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1 (For the one directing. Mizmor Dovid. 2 When Natan HaNavi confronted him after he went into Bat-Sheva)*
3 Have mercy upon me, O Elohim, according to Thy chesed;
according unto the multitude of Thy rachamim blot out my peysha'im (transgressions, rebellions).
4 Wash me thoroughly from mine avon (iniquity),
and cleanse me from my chattat (sin).
5 For I acknowledge my peysha'im (transgressions, rebellions);
and my chattat (sin) is ever before me.
6 Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned,
and done the rah in Thy sight;
that Thou mightest be found just when Thou speakest,
and be blameless when Thou judgest.
7 Surely, I was brought forth in avon;
and in chet did immi conceive me.†
8 Surely Thou desirest emes in the inward parts;
and in the inmost place Thou shalt make me to know chochmah.
9 Purge me with ezov (hyssop),
and I shall be tahor;
wash me,
and I shall be whiter than sheleg (snow).
10 Make me to hear sasson and simchah;
that the atzmot which Thou hast broken may rejoice.
11 Hide Thy face from my chatta'im,
and blot out all mine avonot.
12 Bara‡ in me a lev tahor, O Elohim;
and renew a ruach nekhon (steadfast spirit)§ within me.
13 Cast me not away from Thy presence;
and take not Thy Ruach Hakodesh from me.
14 Restore unto me the sasson of Thy salvation;
and uphold me with a ruach nedivah (a willing spirit).*
15 Then will I teach poshe'im (transgressors) Thy drakhim;
and chatta'im (sinners) shall be converted† unto Thee.
16 Save me from damim (bloodguiltiness),
O Elohim, Thou Elohei Teshuati;
and my leshon shall sing aloud of Thy tzedakah.
17 Adonoi, open Thou my lips;
and my mouth shall show forth Thy tehillah (praise).
18 For Thou desirest not zevach (sacrifice);
else would I give it; Thou delightest not in olah (burnt offering).
19 The zivkhei Elohim are a ruach nishbarah (broken spirit);
a broken and contrite lev, O Elohim, Thou wilt not despise.
20 Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Tziyon;
build Thou the chomot Yerushalayim.
21 Then shalt Thou be pleased with zivkhei tzedek (true sacrifices, sacrifices of righteousness),
with olah (burnt offering) and whole burnt offering;
then shall they offer parim (bulls) upon Thine Mizbe'ach.‡
* 51:2 2Sm 11:2 † 51:7 i.e., I was a sinner from conception ‡ 51:12 Gn 1:1 § 51:12 i.e., regeneration Ezek 36:26; Yn 3:3,6 * 51:14 See Jer 31:31-34 † 51:15 have a spiritual turnaround; see Isa 6:10 ‡ 51:21 T.N. This Psalm, Ps 51, teaches the doctrine of Chet Kadmon from which comes the seminal corrupting human condition necessitating hitkhadshut for all fallen Bnei Adam