1 To the chief
Musician, A
Psalm of
David, when
Nathan the
prophet came unto him, after he had gone
in to
Bathsheba Bath-Sheba#.# Have
mercy upon me, O
God, according to thy
lovingkindness: according unto the
multitude of thy tender
mercies blot
out my
transgressions.
2 Wash me
throughly from mine
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 mightest 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 mine
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 unto 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 unto thee.
14 Deliver me from
bloodguiltiness, 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 shew
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 unto
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 thine
altar.