Psalms 51
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID, IN THE COMING OF NATHAN THE PROPHET TO HIM WHEN HE HAS GONE IN TO BATHSHEBA. Favor me, O God, according to Your kindness, According to the abundance of Your mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
To victorie, the salm of Dauid; `whanne Nathan the prophete cam to hym, whanne he entride to Bersabee. God, haue thou merci on me; bi thi greet merci. And bi the mychilnesse of thi merciful doyngis; do thou awei my wickidnesse.
2 Thoroughly wash me from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin,
More waische thou me fro my wickidnesse; and clense thou me fro my synne.
3 For I know my transgressions, And my sin [is] continually before me.
For Y knouleche my wickidnesse; and my synne is euere ayens me.
4 Against You, You only, I have sinned, And done evil in Your eyes, So that You are righteous in Your words, You are pure in Your judging.
I haue synned to thee aloone, and Y haue do yuel bifor thee; that thou be iustified in thi wordis, and ouercome whanne thou art demed. For lo!
5 Behold, I have been brought forth in iniquity, And my mother conceives me in sin.
Y was conseyued in wickednessis; and my modir conceyuede me in synnes.
6 Behold, You have desired truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You cause me to know Wisdom.
For lo! thou louedist treuthe; thou hast schewid to me the vncerteyn thingis, and pryuy thingis of thi wisdom.
7 You cleanse me with hyssop and I am clean, Wash me, and I am whiter than snow.
Lord, sprenge thou me with ysope, and Y schal be clensid; waische thou me, and Y schal be maad whijt more than snow.
8 You cause me to hear joy and gladness, You make bones You have bruised joyful.
Yyue thou ioie, and gladnesse to myn heryng; and boonys maad meke schulen ful out make ioye.
9 Hide Your face from my sin. And blot out all my iniquities.
Turne awei thi face fro my synnes; and do awei alle my wickidnesses.
10 Create for me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right spirit within me.
God, make thou a clene herte in me; and make thou newe a riytful spirit in my entrailis.
11 Do not cast me forth from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Caste thou me not awei fro thi face; and take thou not awei fro me thin hooli spirit.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And a willing spirit sustains me.
Yiue thou to me the gladnesse of thyn helthe; and conferme thou me with the principal spirit.
13 I teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners return to You.
I schal teche wickid men thi weies; and vnfeithful men schulen be conuertid to thee.
14 Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue sings of Your righteousness.
God, the God of myn helthe, delyuere thou me fro bloodis; and my tunge schal ioyfuli synge thi riytfulnesse.
15 O Lord, you open my lips, And my mouth declares Your praise.
Lord, `opene thou my lippis; and my mouth schal telle thi preysyng.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or I give [it], You do not accept burnt-offering.
For if thou haddist wold sacrifice, Y hadde youe; treuli thou schalt not delite in brent sacrifices.
17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, You do not despise.
A sacrifice to God is a spirit troblid; God, thou schalt not dispise a contrit herte and `maad meke.
18 Do good in Your good pleasure with Zion, You build the walls of Jerusalem.
Lord, do thou benygneli in thi good wille to Syon; that the wallis of Jerusalem be bildid.
19 Then You desire sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on your altar!
Thanne thou schalt take plesauntli the sacrifice of riytfulnesse, offryngis, and brent sacrifices; thanne thei schulen putte calues on thin auter.
