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Psalm 51.
penitential psalm, numbered 51st in the Masoretic Text but 50th in the Septuagint and the Vulgate
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About Psalm 51
Psalm 51, one of the penitential psalms, is the 51st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Have mercy upon me, O God". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 50. In Latin, it is known as Miserere, in ), especially in musical settings. The introduction in the text says that it was composed by David as a confession to God after he sinned with Bathsheba.
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