The Psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each psalm.

PSALME 51.

A Prayer for pardon of sinnes, and the restitution of Gods favour.

HAve mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodnesse: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

2 Wash me throughly from my wickednes: and cleanse me from my sinne.

3 For I knowledge my faults: and my sinne is ever before me.

4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evill in thy sight: that thou mightest be iusti∣fied in thy saying, & cleare when thou art iudged.

5 Behold, I was shapen in wickednesse: and in sinne hath my mother conceived me.

6 But lo, thou requirest truth inward parts: and shalt make me to understand wisdome secretly.

7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssope, and I shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter then snow.

8 Thou shalt make me heare of ioy and glad∣nesse: that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce.

9 Turn thy face from my sinnes: and put out all my misdeeds.

10 Make me a clean heart, O God: and xe∣new a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence: and take not thy holy Spirit from me.

12 O giue me the comfort of thy help again: and stablish me with thy free Spirit.

13 Then shall I teach thy wayes unto the wicked: & sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloud-guiltinesse, O God, thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousnesse.

15 Thou shalt open my lips (O Lord:) and my mouth shall shew thy praise.

16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou delightest not in burnt∣offerings.

17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and a contrice heart (O God) shalt thou not despise.

18 O be favourable and gracious unto Si∣on: build thou the walls of Ierusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sa∣crifice of righteousnesse, with the burnt-offerings and oblations: then shall they offer young bul∣locks upon thine altar.

The Prayer.

O Most mercifull God, whose goodnesse is great, and the multitudes of thy mercies are innumerable, have mercy upon us, for our sinnes are ever before us represented, by the continuall accusations of a troubled conscience. We have sinned against thee, and done evill in thy sight, and yet because thou art the God of mercy, and fountaine of eternall purity, delighting in the conversion and salvation of a sinner, we present unto thee, the sacrifice of a troubled Spirit, of broken and contrite hearts, beseeching thee to let the dew of thy favour, and the fire of thy love wash away our sinnes, and purifie our soules. Make us cleane hearts, O God, and pure hands: though our sinnes be as scarlet, yet make them like wooll, though they be as purple, yet make them as white as snow. Restore the voice of joy and gladnesse to us, let us not be for ever separate from the sweet refreshings of thy favour & pre∣sence, but give us the comforts of thy help again, and let thy free Spirit loose us from the bondage of sinne, and establish us in the freedome and li∣berty of the Sonnes of God, so shall we sing of thy righteousnesse, and our lips shall give thee praise in the congregation of thy Redeemed ones, now, henceforth, and for ever. Amen.