“After thy loving-kindness, Lord, have mercy upon me:”


 
Scottish Metrical Psalm 51 verses 1 to 7

(1)

After thy loving-kindness, Lord,
Have mercy upon me:
For thy compassions great, blot out
All mine iniquity.

(2)

Me cleanse from sin, and throughly wash
From mine iniquity:
For my transgressions I confess;
My sin I ever see

(3)

'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinn'd
in thy sight done this ill;
that when thou speak'st thou may'st be just.
And clear in judging still

(4)

Behold I in iniquity
Was form'd the womb within;
My mother also me conceiv'd
In guiltiness and sin.

(5)

Behold, thou in the inward parts
With truth delighted are;
And wisdom thou shalt make me know
Within the hidden part.

(6)

Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me,
I shall be cleansed so;
Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall
Be whiter than the snow.