| 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. |
| 2 | Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3 | For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. |
| 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. |
| 5 | Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. |
| 6 | Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. |
| 7 | Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. |
| 8 | Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. |
| 9 | Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. |
| 10 | Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. |
| 11 | Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. |
| 12 | Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. |
| 13 | Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted to thee. |
| 14 | Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. |
| 15 | O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. |
| 16 | For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt-offering. |
| 17 | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
| 18 | Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 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. |