Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when
According to the greatness of
King James Version
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Holman Bible
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.
International Standard Version
Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.
A Conservative Version
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
American Standard Version
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Amplified
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
Bible in Basic English
Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
Darby Translation
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer: chanting to David; In the coming to him of Nathan the prophet, when he went in to Bathsheba. Compassionate me, O God, according to thy mercy: according to the Multitude of thy compassions wipe away my transgressions.
King James 2000
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
NET Bible
For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!
New Heart English Bible
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
The Emphasized Bible
Be favorable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And, in the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgressions;
Webster
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
World English Bible
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Youngs Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
Themes
Afflictions, Prayer During » For pardon and deliverance from sin
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Prayer for forgiveness
Earnest suppliants » Seven earnest suppliants » The cry for cleansing (david)
Homicide » David's repentance for, and confession of, the murder of uriah
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Look for mercy through
God's Mercy » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
Pardon » Pray for » For yourselves
Pardon » Exhibits the » Mercy of God
Pardon » Exhibits the » Loving Kindness Of God
Prayer » Plead in the » Mercy of God
Prayer » Seven earnest suppliants » The cry for cleansing (david)
Prayer » Penitential » Of david
Seven » Earnest suppliants » The cry for cleansing (david)
Topics
References
American
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 51:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God
1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when
According to the greatness of
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 43:25
"I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Acts 3:19
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,
Colossians 2:14
by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Psalm 51:9
Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
Psalm 106:45
For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
2 Samuel 11:2-13
It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
Psalm 69:16
Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
Exodus 34:6-7
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
Numbers 14:18-19
'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.'
Nehemiah 4:5
Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.
Psalm 4:1
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Psalm 5:7
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
Psalm 25:6-7
Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Psalm 40:11
As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
Psalm 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
Psalm 77:9
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Selah
Psalm 106:7
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
Psalm 109:21
But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
Psalm 119:124
Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
Psalm 145:9
The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Isaiah 63:7
I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.
Jeremiah 18:23
Yet you, O LORD, know all their plotting to kill me. Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
Lamentations 3:32
but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
Romans 5:20-21
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
Ephesians 1:6-8
to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 2:4-7
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,