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1.    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David,
when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
 
2.    Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
 
3.    Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
 
4.    For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
 
5.    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.
 
6.    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
 
7.    Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
 
8.    Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
 
9.    Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
 
10.    Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
 
11.    Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 
12.    Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
 
13.    Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
 
14.    Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
 
15.    Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
 
16.    O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
 
17.    For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
 
18.    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
 
19.    Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
 
20.    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.