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51.7 :Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts;
 * Make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.
 * Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
 * Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
 * Make me to hear joy and gladness;
 * That the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.
 * Hide Thy face from my sins,
 * Aand blot out all mine iniquities.
 * Create me a clean heart, O God;
 * And renew a stedfast spirit within me.
 * Cast me not away from Thy presence;
 * And take not Thy holy spirit from me.
 * Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;
 * And let a willing spirit uphold me.
 * Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways;
 * And sinners shall return unto Thee.
 * Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation;
 * So shall my tongue sing aloud of Thy righteousness.
 * O Lord, open Thou my lips;
 * And my mouth shall declare Thy praise.
 * For Thou delightest not in sacrifice, else would I give it;
 * Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
 * The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
 * A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.


 * Do good in Thy favour unto Zion;
 * Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
 * Then wilt Thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt-offering and whole offering;
 * Then will they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.

For the Leader. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him: 'David is come to the house of Ahimelech.'


 * Why boastest thou thyself of evil, O mighty man?
 * The mercy of God endureth continually.
 * Thy tongue deviseth destruction;
 * Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.


 * Thou lovest evil more than good;
 * Falsehood rather than speaking righteousness.
 * Thou lovest all devouring words,
 * The deceitful tongue.
 * God will likewise break thee for ever,
 * He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,
 * And root thee out of the land of the living.


 * The righteous also shall see, and fear,
 * And shall laugh at him:
 * 'Lo, this is the man that made not God his stronghold;
 * But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
 * And strengthened himself in his wickedness.'
 * But as for me, I am like a leafy olive-tree in the house of God;
 * I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
 * I will give Thee thanks for ever, because Thou hast done it;