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11 Turn away your face from my sins;
    blot out all my iniquities.
12 A clean heart create for me, God;
    renew within me a steadfast spirit.(A)
13 Do not drive me from before your face,
    nor take from me your holy spirit.(B)
14 Restore to me the gladness of your salvation;
    uphold me with a willing spirit.
15 I will teach the wicked your ways,
    that sinners may return to you.
16 Rescue me from violent bloodshed, God, my saving God,
    and my tongue will sing joyfully of your justice.(C)
17 Lord, you will open my lips;
    and my mouth will proclaim your praise.
18 For you do not desire sacrifice[a] or I would give it;
    a burnt offering you would not accept.(D)
19 My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
    a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.

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  1. 51:18 For you do not desire sacrifice: the mere offering of the ritual sacrifice apart from good dispositions is not acceptable to God, cf. Ps 50.

11 Do not cast me(A) from your presence(B)
    or take your Holy Spirit(C) from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation(D)
    and grant me a willing spirit,(E) to sustain me.(F)

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,(G)
    so that sinners(H) will turn back to you.(I)
14 Deliver me(J) from the guilt of bloodshed,(K) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,(L)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.(M)
15 Open my lips, Lord,(N)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice,(O) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice,(P) O God, is[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart(Q)
    you, God, will not despise.

18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(R)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(S)
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,(T)
    in burnt offerings(U) offered whole;
    then bulls(V) will be offered on your altar.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are