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| [1]To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. |
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| [2]Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
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| [3]For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. |
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| [4]Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. |
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| [5]Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. |
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| [6]Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. |
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| [7]Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. |
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| [8]Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. |
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| [9]Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. |
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| [10]Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. |
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| [11]Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. |
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| [12]Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. |
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| [13]Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted to thee. |
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| [14]Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. |
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| [15]O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. |
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| [16]For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt-offering. |
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| [17]The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
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| [18]Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. |
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| [19]Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar. |
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