- 1[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.לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד
- 2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.בְּֽבוֹא אֵ֭לָיו נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֑יא כַּֽאֲשֶׁר בָּ֝֗א אֶל שָֽׁבַע
- 3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.חָנֵּ֣נִי אֱלֹהִ֣ים כְּחַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ מְחֵ֣ה פְשָׁעָֽי
- 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.הרבה הֶ֭רֶב כַּבְּסֵ֣נִי מֵעֲוֺנִ֑י וּֽמֵחַטָּאתִ֥י טַהֲרֵֽנִי
- 5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.כִּֽי פְ֭שָׁעַי אֲנִ֣י אֵדָ֑ע וְחַטָּאתִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד
- 6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.לְבַדְּךָ֨ חָטָאתִי֮ וְהָרַ֥ע בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי לְ֭מַעַן תִּצְדַּ֥ק בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ תִּזְכֶּ֥ה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ
- 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.הֵן בְּעָו֥וֹן חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי
- 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.הֵן אֱ֭מֶת חָפַ֣צְתָּ בַטֻּח֑וֹת וּ֝בְסָתֻ֗ם חָכְמָ֥ה תוֹדִיעֵֽנִי
- 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי בְאֵז֣וֹב וְאֶטְהָ֑ר תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג אַלְבִּֽין
- 10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ
- 11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.הַסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶיךָ מֵחֲטָאָ֑י וְֽכָל עֲוֺ֖נֹתַ֣י מְחֵֽה
- 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.לֵ֣ב טָ֭הוֹר בְּרָא אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ נָ֝כ֗וֹן חַדֵּ֥שׁ בְּקִרְבִּֽי
- 13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.אַל תַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥נִי מִלְּפָנֶ֑יךָ וְר֥וּחַ קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ אַל תִּקַּ֥ח מִמֶּֽנִּי
- 14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.הָשִׁ֣יבָה שְׂשׂ֣וֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וְר֖וּחַ נְדִיבָ֣ה תִסְמְכֵֽנִי
- 15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה פֹשְׁעִ֣ים דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים אֵלֶ֥יךָ יָשֽׁוּבוּ
- 16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִדָּמִ֨ים אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑י תְּרַנֵּ֥ן לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י צִדְקָתֶֽךָ
- 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.אֲ֭דֹנָי שְׂפָתַ֣י תִּפְתָּ֑ח וּ֝פִ֗י יַגִּ֥יד תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ
- 18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.כִּ֤י לֹא תַחְפֹּ֣ץ זֶ֣בַח וְאֶתֵּ֑נָה ע֝וֹלָ֗ה לֹ֣א תִרְצֶֽה
- 19Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.זִֽבְחֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים֮ ר֪וּחַ נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה לֵב נִשְׁבָּ֥ר וְנִדְכֶּ֑ה אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א תִבְזֶֽה
Psalm 51 KJV
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132 tagged Hebrew tokens92 distinct lexical entries19 of 19 verses source-tagged
אֱלֹהִיםH430
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
רוּחַH7307
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
עָוֺןH5771
perversity, i.e., (moral) evil
דָּכָהH1794
to collapse (phys. or mentally)
הֵןH2005
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
זֶבַחH2077
properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
חָטָאH2398
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
חֵטְאH2399
a crime or its penalty
חַטָּאָהH2403
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
חָפֵץH2654
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Psalm 51:1 | 555 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:2 | 2,203 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:3 | 2,849 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:4 | 1,485 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:5 | 1,581 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:6 | 6,142 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:7 | 2,568 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:8 | 3,840 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:9 | 2,381 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:10 | 4,073 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:11 | 2,018 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:12 | 2,723 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:13 | 3,364 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:14 | 3,379 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:15 | 3,373 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:16 | 5,607 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:17 | 3,201 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:18 | 2,765 | study verse |
| Psalm 51:19 | 3,204 | study verse |
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