Psalms 51

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

1 上帝啊，求你按你的慈愛憐恤我！ 按你豐盛的慈悲塗抹我的過犯！

2 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

2 求你將我的罪孽洗除淨盡， 並潔除我的罪！

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

3 因為，我知道我的過犯； 我的罪常在我面前。

4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

4 我向你犯罪，惟獨得罪了你； 在你眼前行了這惡， 以致你責備我的時候顯為公義， 判斷我的時候顯為清正。

5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

5 我是在罪孽裏生的， 在我母親懷胎的時候就有了罪。

6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

6 你所喜愛的是內裏誠實； 你在我隱密處，必使我得智慧。

7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

7 求你用牛膝草潔淨我，我就乾淨； 求你洗滌我，我就比雪更白。

8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

8 求你使我得聽歡喜快樂的聲音， 使你所壓傷的骨頭可以踴躍。

9 Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

9 求你掩面不看我的罪， 塗抹我一切的罪孽。

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

10 上帝啊，求你為我造清潔的心， 使我裏面重新有正直 的靈。

11 Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

11 不要丟棄我，使我離開你的面； 不要從我收回你的聖靈。

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

12 求你使我仍得救恩之樂， 賜我樂意的靈扶持我，

13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

13 我就把你的道指教有過犯的人， 罪人必歸順你。

14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

14 上帝啊，你是拯救我的上帝； 求你救我脫離流人血的罪！ 我的舌頭就高聲歌唱你的公義。

15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

15 主啊，求你使我嘴唇張開， 我的口便傳揚讚美你的話！

16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

16 你本不喜愛祭物，若喜愛，我就獻上； 燔祭，你也不喜悅。

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

17 上帝所要的祭就是憂傷的靈； 上帝啊，憂傷痛悔的心，你必不輕看。

18 In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

18 求你隨你的美意善待錫安， 建造耶路撒冷的城牆。

19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

19 那時，你必喜愛公義的祭 和燔祭並全牲的燔祭； 那時，人必將公牛獻在你壇上。