Psalm 51:10-52:9

New International Version

¹⁰Create in me a pure heart,^(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(B)
¹¹Do not cast me^(C) from your presence^(D)
    or take your Holy Spirit^(E) from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation^(F)
    and grant me a willing spirit,^(G) to sustain me.^(H)

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

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

Psalm 52^[b]

For the director of music. A maskil^[c] of David. When Doeg the Edomite^(Y) had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”

¹Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
    Why do you boast^(Z) all day long,^(AA)
    you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
²You who practice deceit,^(AB)
    your tongue plots destruction;^(AC)
    it is like a sharpened razor.^(AD)
³You love evil^(AE) rather than good,
    falsehood^(AF) rather than speaking the truth.^[d]
⁴You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!^(AG)

⁵Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck^(AH) you from your tent;
    he will uproot^(AI) you from the land of the living.^(AJ)
⁶The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh^(AK) at you, saying,
⁷“Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold^(AL)
but trusted in his great wealth^(AM)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

⁸But I am like an olive tree^(AN)
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust^(AO) in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.
⁹For what you have done I will always praise you^(AP)
    in the presence of your faithful people.^(AQ)
And I will hope in your name,^(AR)
    for your name is good.^(AS)

Footnotes

Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are
Psalm 52:1 In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.
Psalm 52:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.