Miserere Mei Deus (Psalm 50)

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• Psalms 50

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www.senusfidelius.com The Latin text runs thus: 1. Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. 2. Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam. 3. Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me. 4. Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: et peccatum meum contra me est semper. 5. Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum iudicaris. 6. Ecce enim in inquitatibus conceptus sum: et in peccatis concepit me mater mea. 7. Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi. 8. Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. 9. Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam: et exsultabunt ossa humiliata. 10. Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: et omnes iniquitates meas dele. 11. Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis. 12. Ne proiicias me a facie tua: et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me. 13. Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui: et spiritu principali confirma me. 14. Docebo iniquos vias tuas: et impii ad te convertentur. 15. Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meae: et exsultabit lingua mea iustitiam tuam. 16. Domine, labia mea aperies: et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam. 17. Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem utique: holocaustis non delectaberis. 18. Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies. 19. Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion: ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem. 20. Tunc acceptabis sacrificium iustitiae, oblationes, et holocausta: tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos. An English translation: 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy great goodness: 2. According to the multitude of Thy mercies do away mine offences. 3. Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse me from my sin. 4. For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before me. 5. Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that Thou mightest be justified in Thy saying, and clear when Thou art judged. 6. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 7. But lo, Thou requirest truth in the inward parts: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 8. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 9. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice. 10. Turn Thy face from my sins: and put out all my misdeeds. 11. Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me. 12. Cast me not away from Thy presence: and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 13. O give me the comfort of Thy help again: and stablish me with Thy free Spirit. 14. Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted unto Thee. 15. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, Thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness. 16. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall shew Thy praise. 17. For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it Thee: but Thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. 18. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt Thou not despise. 19. O be favorable and gracious unto Sion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. 20. Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon Thine altar.

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