To the chief musician, a psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he went unto Bathsheba.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy mercy:{HR}According to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,{HR}And cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions,{HR}And my sin is continually before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,{HR}And have done the evil in thy sight (eyes);{HR}That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,{HR}[And be] clear when thou judgest.
Behold, in iniquity was I born,{HR}And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts,{HR}And in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop,{HR}And I shall be clean; wash me,{HR}And I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness;{HR}The bones thou hast broken shall rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins,{HR}And blot out all mine iniquities.
Create for me a pure heart, O God,{HR}And a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from thy presence,{HR}And the spirit of thy holiness take not from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation,{HR}And let a free spirit uphold me.
I will teach transgressors thy ways,{HR}And sinners shall turn unto thee.
Deliver me from blood, Ο God, God of my salvation;{HR}My tongue shall celebrate thy righteousness.
Ο Lord, open my lips,{HR}And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it;{HR}In burnt offering thou dost not take pleasure.
The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit;{HR}A heart broken and contrite, Ο God, thou wilt not despise.
Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion;{HR}Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then thou shalt delight in sacrifices of righteousness,{HR}Burnt offering and whole burnt offering;{HR}Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.