080) Psalm 51
6.6.8.6.
1 Have mercy, Lord, on me, as thou wert ever kind;
Let me, oppressed with loads of guilt, thy wonted mercy find.
2 Wash off my foul offence, and cleanse me from my sin; For I confess my crime, and see how great my guilt has been.
4 Against thee, Lord, alone, and only in thy sight Have I transgressed, and tho’ condemned, must own my juugments right.
5 In guilt each part was formed of all this sinful frame; In guilt I was conceived, and born the heir of sin and shame.
6 Yet thou; whose searching eye doth inward truth require, In secret didst with wisdom’s laws my tender soul inspire.
7 With hyssop purge me, Lord, and so I clean shall be;
I shall with snow in whiteness vie, when purified by thee.
8 Make me to hear with joy thy kind forgiving voice; That so the bones which thou hast broke may with fresh strength rejoice.
9,10 Blot out my crying sins, nor me in anger view;
Create in me a heart that’s clean, an upright mind renew.