Psalm
51 Prayed
Praying for forgiveness
Have mercy on me, O Father God,
according
to your unfailing love;
according to your great
compassion
blot
out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and
cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and
my sin is always before me.
Against you, you only, have I
sinned
and
done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right
when you speak
and
justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful
from the time my mother conceived me.
Surely you desire truth in the
inner parts;
you
teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Cleanse me with the blood of
Jesus,
and
I will be clean;
wash
me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear the joy and
gladness of the gospel;
let
the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins
and
blot out all my iniquity.
Create in me a pure heart, O
God,
and
renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your
presence
or
take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your
salvation
and
grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Then I will teach transgressors
your ways,
and
sinners will turn back to you.
Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
dear
Jesus who saves me,
and
my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
O Lord Jesus, open my lips,
and
my mouth will declare your praise.
You do not delight in
sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you
do not take pleasure in burnt offerings;
for you appeared once for all
at
the end of the Old Testament age,
to
do away with sin by the sacrifice of yourself.
You loved me and have promised
to
free me from my sins by your blood.
You gave yourself for me to
redeem me from all
wickedness
and to purify for yourself a
people that are your
very
own,
eager
to do what is good.
You have promised me that if I
sin,
I
have one who speaks to the Father in my
defence—
You!
Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
You
are the atoning sacrifice for my sins,
and
not only for mine
but
also for the sins of the whole world.
If I confess my sins, you are
faithful and just
and
will forgive me my sins
and
purify me from all unrighteousness.
Once I was alienated from you,
O God my Father
and
was your enemy in my mind
because
of my evil behaviour.
But now you have reconciled me
by
Christ’s physical body through death
to
present me holy in your sight,
without
blemish and free from accusation—
So help me to continue in my
faith,
established
and firm,
not moved from the hope held
out
in
the gospel.
The sacrifice you require of me
is a broken spirit;
a
broken and contrite heart,
O
God, you will not despise.
Thank you that in your good
pleasure
you
made Zion prosper;
you
built up the walls of Jerusalem.
You let Jesus suffer outside
the city gate
to
make the people holy through his blood.
He was the righteous sacrifice,
the
whole burnt sacrifice to delight you.
Now bulls need no longer be offered
on your altar,
for
those sacrifices were an annual reminder
of
sins,
because it is impossible for
the blood of bulls and
goats
to
take away sins.
Heb. 10:3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder
of sins, 4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls
and goats to take away sins.
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Psalm 51 Prayed
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