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For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God,
because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
blot out the stain of my sins.
Have mercy on me, O God,
because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
blot out the stain of my sins.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
and cleanse me from my sin.
Wash me clean from my guilt.
Purify me from my sin.
Purify me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
and my sin is always before me.
For I recognize my rebellion;
it haunts me day and night.
it haunts me day and night.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
For I was born a sinner —
yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Oh, give me back my joy again;
you have broken me —
now let me rejoice.
you have broken me —
now let me rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
and blot out all my iniquity.
Don’t keep looking at my sins.
Remove the stain of my guilt.
Remove the stain of my guilt.
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me.
Renew a loyal spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and make me willing to obey you.
and make me willing to obey you.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
so that sinners will turn back to you.
Then I will teach your ways to rebels,
and they will return to you.
and they will return to you.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves;
then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
and my mouth will declare your praise.
Unseal my lips, O Lord,
that my mouth may praise you.
that my mouth may praise you.
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one.
You do not want a burnt offering.
You do not want a burnt offering.
The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
May it please you to prosper Zion,
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Look with favor on Zion and help her;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,
in burnt offerings offered whole;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
in burnt offerings offered whole;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit —
with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings.
Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.
with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings.
Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.