• Psalm 51:1-7
  Have mercy upon me, O God,
  According to Your lovingkindness;
  According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
  Blot out my transgressions.
  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
  And cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions,
  And my sin is always before me.
  Against You, You only, have I sinned,
  And done this evil in Your sight—
  That You may be found just when You speak,
  And blameless when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
  And in sin my mother conceived me.
  Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
  And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
  Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  
   
• Psalm 51:10-12
  Create in me a clean heart, O God,
  And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
  Do not cast me away from Your presence,
  And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
  And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
  
   
• Psalm 51:16-17
  For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
  You do not delight in burnt offering.
  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
  A broken and a contrite heart—
  These, O God, You will not despise.
   

Related Scriptures

• 2 Corinthians 7:8-11
  For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
   
• 1 Samuel 15:22
  So Samuel said:
  'Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
  As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
  And to heed than the fat of rams.
   
• Matthew 5:4
  Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.