| 1 | Unto the end. A Psalm of David, |
| 2 | when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba. |
| 3 | Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity. |
| 4 | Wash me once again from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 5 | For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me. |
| 6 | Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment. |
| 7 | For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me. |
| 8 | For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me. |
| 9 | You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow. |
| 10 | In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. And the bones that have been humbled will exult. |
| 11 | Turn your face away from my sins, and erase all my iniquities. |
| 12 | Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being. |
| 13 | Do not cast me away from your face; and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 14 | Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit. |
| 15 | I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you. |
| 16 | Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice. |
| 17 | O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise. |
| 18 | For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted. |
| 19 | A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn. |
| 20 | Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up. |
| 21 | Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar. |
