Ps 51 (King James)

   ¹ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ² Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. ³ For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. ⁴ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. ⁵ Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. ⁶ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
   ⁷ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. ⁸ Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. ⁹ Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. ¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. ¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. ¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. ¹³ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
   ¹⁴ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. ¹⁵ O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. ¹⁶ For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. ¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. ¹⁸ Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. ¹⁹ Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Ps 51 (Vulgate)

   ¹ In finem. Intellectus David,
   ² cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli : Venit David in domum Achimelech.
   ³ [Quid gloriaris in malitia,
qui potens es in iniquitate ?
   ⁴ Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua ;
sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.
   ⁵ Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem ;
iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.
   ⁶ Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis ;
lingua dolosa.
   ⁷ Propterea Deus destruet te in finem ;
evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo,
et radicem tuam de terra viventium.
   ⁸ Videbunt justi, et timebunt ;
et super eum ridebunt, et dicent :
   ⁹ Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum ;
sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum,
et prævaluit in vanitate sua.
   ¹⁰ Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei ;
speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.
   ¹¹ Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti ;
et exspectabo nomen tuum,
quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.]