Psalms 51

KING JAMES BIBLE	VULGATA
1 when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.	1 In finem. Intellectus David,
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.	2 cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli : Venit David in domum Achimelech.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.	3 Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate ?
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.	4 Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua ; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.	5 Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem ; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.	6 Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis ; lingua dolosa.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.	7 Propterea Deus destruet te in finem ; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.	8 Videbunt justi, et timebunt ; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent :
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.	9 Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum ; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.	10 Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei ; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.	11 Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti ; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.
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.