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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:

According to 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 know my transgressions;

And my sin is ever before me.

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Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,

And done that which is evil in thy sight;

That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,

And be clear when thou judgest.

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Behold, I was brought forth 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 wilt make me to know wisdom.

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Purify 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 a willing 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 show forth thy praise.

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For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it:

Thou hast no pleasure 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 wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,

In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering:

Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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