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 lovingkindness:According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
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Wash me throughly 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 bloodguiltiness, 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 shew 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.