Save me(A) from all my transgressions;(B)
    do not make me the scorn(C) of fools.

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Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

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Psalm 51[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.(A)

Have mercy(B) on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;(C)
according to your great compassion(D)
    blot out(E) my transgressions.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(A)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.(B)

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O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

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