Salmos 51
1Generous 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!