Psalm 51:15-17

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁵ O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶ For you have no delight in sacrifice;
    if I were to give a burnt-offering, you would not be pleased.
¹⁷ The sacrifice acceptable to God^[a] is a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.