To the chief musician, a psalm of David, when Nathan, the prophet, came unto him after he had gone in to Bath-sheba
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Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
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Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
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For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.
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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.
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Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
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Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
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Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
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Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit.
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Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
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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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O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
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For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt offering.
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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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.