詩篇51:1-19

51:1 （大衛與拔示巴同室以後，先知拿單來見他；他作這詩，交與伶長。）上帝啊，求你按你的慈愛憐恤我！按你豐盛的慈悲塗抹我的過犯！
51:2 求你將我的罪孽洗除淨盡，並潔除我的罪！
51:3 因為，我知道我的過犯；我的罪常在我面前。
51:4 我向你犯罪，惟獨得罪了你；在你眼前行了這惡，以致你責備我的時候顯為公義，判斷我的時候顯為清正。
51:5 我是在罪孽裡生的，在我母親懷胎的時候就有了罪。
51:6 你所喜愛的是內裡誠實；你在我隱密處，必使我得智慧。
51:7 求你用牛膝草潔淨我，我就乾淨；求你洗滌我，我就比雪更白。
51:8 求你使我得聽歡喜快樂的聲音，使你所壓傷的骨頭可以踴躍。
51:9 求你掩面不看我的罪，塗抹我一切的罪孽。
51:10 上帝啊，求你為我造清潔的心，使我裡面重新有正直（或譯：堅定）的靈。
51:11 不要丟棄我，使我離開你的面；不要從我收回你的聖靈。
51:12 求你使我仍得救恩之樂，賜我樂意的靈扶持我，
51:13 我就把你的道指教有過犯的人，罪人必歸順你。
51:14 上帝啊，你是拯救我的上帝；求你救我脫離流人血的罪！我的舌頭就高聲歌唱你的公義。
51:15 主啊，求你使我嘴唇張開，我的口便傳揚讚美你的話！
51:16 你本不喜愛祭物，若喜愛，我就獻上；燔祭，你也不喜悅。
51:17 上帝所要的祭就是憂傷的靈；上帝啊，憂傷痛悔的心，你必不輕看。
51:18 求你隨你的美意善待錫安，建造耶路撒冷的城牆。
51:19 那時，你必喜愛公義的祭和燔祭並全牲的燔祭；那時，人必將公牛獻在你壇上。

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

¹ Have mercy on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
    blot out my transgressions.
² Wash away all my iniquity
    and cleanse me from my sin.

³ For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.
⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.
⁵ Surely I was sinful at birth,
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
⁶ Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

⁷ Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
⁸ Let me hear joy and gladness;
    let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
⁹ Hide your face from my sins
    and blot out all my iniquity.

¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart, O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹ Do not cast me from your presence
    or take your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation
    and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

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

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

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    看到大衛寫的這首悔罪詩，讓人有一種親切與認同的感覺，因為連上帝所喜悅的大衛王都會犯罪，都會做上帝不喜悅的事，而且勇敢向上帝認罪！比起一些自以為很聖潔的人好太多了！

    有許多基督徒以為宣揚自己很優秀、很敬虔，才會讓人來信靠耶穌！其實這是大錯特錯，不僅不會讓人認同，還會覺得很不真實！因為真正的人性是充滿軟弱，甚至是被惡所勝！也因為這樣，人才需要來尋求耶穌基督，靠耶穌基督的救贖大功被上帝接納！

    而大衛在這裡說的很好：「上帝所要的祭就是憂傷的靈；上帝啊，憂傷痛悔的心，你必不輕看。」

    是的上帝樂意我們在祂面前為罪憂傷，因為罪使我們與上帝隔絕，無法得著上帝的賜福，有甚麼事比這更難過呢！因為罪使我們與上帝所賜的喜樂隔絕，使我們無法在上帝的同在之榮耀中！