Psalms 51

1 O God, be merciful to me, because you love me faithfully; because you are very merciful, erase [the record of] the ways that I disobeyed you!

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 Make me pure from the wrong things that I have done; make me clean from [the guilt of] my sin.

More waische thou me fro my wickidnesse; and clense thou me fro my synne.

3 [I say that] because I know the ways that I have disobeyed you; I cannot forget them.

For Y knouleche my wickidnesse; and my synne is euere ayens me.

4 You, you only, are the one that I have [really] sinned against, and you have seen the evil things that I have done. When you say that I am guilty, you are right/correct, and when you judge me, you justly say [that I deserve to be punished].

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 I have been a sinner since the day that I was born; [truly], I have been like that since my mother conceived me.

Y was conseyued in wickednessis; and my modir conceyuede me in synnes.

6 What you desire is that I desire what is true in order that you [can] teach me how to act wisely.

For lo! thou louedist treuthe; thou hast schewid to me the vncerteyn thingis, and pryuy thingis of thi wisdom.

7 Purify me from the guilt of my sins, and [after that happens], I will be clean [in my inner being]; cleanse me, and [then in my inner being] I will be (whiter than snow/very clean).

Lord, sprenge thou me with ysope, and Y schal be clensid; waische thou me, and Y schal be maad whijt more than snow.

8 Allow/Cause me to be joyful [DOU] again; you have (crushed my spirit/completely discouraged me) [MTY]; [but now] let me rejoice [again].

Yyue thou ioie, and gladnesse to myn heryng; and boonys maad meke schulen ful out make ioye.

9 Do not continue to look at the sins [IDM] that I have committed; erase the record of the evil things that I have done.

Turne awei thi face fro my synnes; and do awei alle my wickidnesses.

10 O God, cause my inner being to be pure. Put new [thoughts] within me and make me faithful again.

God, make thou a clene herte in me; and make thou newe a riytful spirit in my entrailis.

11 Do not send me away from you [because of my sin], 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 Cause/Allow me to be happy again because of [knowing] that you have freed me [from the guilt of my sin], and make me willing [to obey you].

Yiue thou to me the gladnesse of thyn helthe; and conferme thou me with the principal spirit.

13 If you do that, I will [be able to] teach [other] sinners what you want them to do, and they will repent and begin to obey you.

I schal teche wickid men thi weies; and vnfeithful men schulen be conuertid to thee.

14 O God, you are the one who saves me; forgive me for being guilty of causing someone [who was not my enemy] to die. [When you do that], I will sing joyfully about your being very good and righteous.

God, the God of myn helthe, delyuere thou me fro bloodis; and my tunge schal ioyfuli synge thi riytfulnesse.

15 O Yahweh, help me to speak [in order that] I may praise you.

Lord, `opene thou my lippis; and my mouth schal telle thi preysyng.

16 You are not pleased [only] with the sacrifices [that people bring to you]. If that were [enough to] please you, I would bring you sacrifices. You are not pleased with burnt offerings [alone].

For if thou haddist wold sacrifice, Y hadde youe; treuli thou schalt not delite in brent sacrifices.

17 The sacrifice that you [really] want is for people to be truly humble and sorry [for having sinned]; O God, you will not refuse that kind of sacrifice.

A sacrifice to God is a spirit troblid; God, thou schalt not dispise a contrit herte and `maad meke.

18 [O God], be good to [the people who live in] Jerusalem [MTY], [and help them] to rebuild the city walls.

Lord, do thou benygneli in thi good wille to Syon; that the wallis of Jerusalem be bildid.

19 When that happens, [they will bring you] the proper sacrifices, animals that they will completely burn, young bulls that they will burn on your altar, and you will be pleased.

Thanne thou schalt take plesauntli the sacrifice of riytfulnesse, offryngis, and brent sacrifices; thanne thei schulen putte calues on thin auter.