Salmos 51
Crea en mí un corazón limpio
Generous in love--God, give grace! Huge in mercy--wipe out my bad record. 2Scrub away my guilt, soak out my sins in your laundry. 3I know how bad I've been; my sins are staring me down.
4You're the One I've violated, and you've seen it all, seen the full extent of my evil. You have all the facts before you; whatever you decide about me is fair. 5I've been out of step with you for a long time, in the wrong since before I was born. 6What you're after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.
7Soak me in your laundry and I'll come out clean, scrub me and I'll have a snow-white life. 8Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing. 9Don't look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health.
10God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life. 11Don't throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me. 12Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails!
13Give me a job teaching rebels your ways so the lost can find their way home. 14Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God, and I'll sing anthems to your life--giving ways. 15Unbutton my lips, dear God; I'll let loose with your praise.
16Going through the motions doesn't please you, a flawless performance is nothing to you. 17I learned God--worship when my pride was shattered. Heart-shattered lives ready for love don't for a moment escape God's notice. 18Make Zion the place you delight in, repair Jerusalem's broken-down walls.
19Then you'll get real worship from us, acts of worship small and large, Including all the bulls they can heave onto your altar!