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    "language": "en",
    "book": "psalms",
    "chapter": 51
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  "data": {
    "n": 51,
    "bookSlug": "psalms",
    "bookCode": "PSA",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PSA-51:1",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.1",
        "text": "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy       lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my       transgressions."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PSA-51:2",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.2",
        "text": "Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PSA-51:3",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.3",
        "text": "For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PSA-51:4",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.4",
        "text": "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PSA-51:5",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.5",
        "text": "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PSA-51:6",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.6",
        "text": "Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PSA-51:7",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.7",
        "text": "Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PSA-51:8",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.8",
        "text": "Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PSA-51:9",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.9",
        "text": "Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PSA-51:10",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.10",
        "text": "Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PSA-51:11",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.11",
        "text": "Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PSA-51:12",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.12",
        "text": "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PSA-51:13",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.13",
        "text": "Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PSA-51:14",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.14",
        "text": "Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my       salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PSA-51:15",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.15",
        "text": "O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PSA-51:16",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.16",
        "text": "For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give       it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PSA-51:17",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.17",
        "text": "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PSA-51:18",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.18",
        "text": "Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "PSA-51:19",
        "verseRef": "Ps.51.19",
        "text": "Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of       righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.           Psalm 52  For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Abimelech."
      }
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