Psalm 51

Hank, my recovery flight surgeon friend told me that Psalm 51 is the Recovery Psalm.

More specifically Psalm 51 is for those recovering from any sexual addiction. . It was the psalm of David after he committed adultery with Bathsheba. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_51

http://www.christnotes.org/commentary.php?b=19&c=51&com=weshttp://www.easyenglish.info/psalms/psalm051-taw.htm;
1
Have mercy upon me, O God,

according to thy loving-kindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies
blot out my transgressions.
2
Wash me thoroughly 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 show 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.