Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your mercy;
in your great goodness erase my sin.
Wash me from all my faults,
cleanse me of my sin.

I recognize my guilt,
my sin is always before me.
Against you, against you alone I have sinned,
what is bad in your eyes, I did it;
so you are right when you speak,
right in your judgment.

Behold, in guilt I was begotten,
in sin my mother conceived me.
But you want the sincerity of the heart
and inwardly teach me wisdom.

Purify me with hyssop and I will be world;
wash me and I will be whiter than the snow.
Let me feel joy and gladness,
the bones you have broken will rejoice.

Look away from my sins,
erase all my faults.

Create in me, O God, a pure heart,
renew a firm spirit in me.
Don't push me away from your presence
and do not deprive me of your holy spirit.
Give me the joy of being saved,
support a generous soul in me.

I will teach wanderers your ways
and sinners will return to you.
Deliver me from the blood, God, God my salvation,
my tongue will exalt your justice.
Sir, open my lips
and my mouth proclaim your praise;
because you don't like sacrifice
and if I offer burnt offerings, you don't accept them.
A contrite spirit is sacrifice to God,
a heart broken and humiliated, God, you do not despise.

In your love give grace to Zion,
raise the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will appreciate the prescribed sacrifices,
the holocaust and the whole oblation,
then they will sacrifice victims on your altar.