1 Have mercy upon me, O God,according to thy loving-kindness:according unto the multitude of thy tender merciesblot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly 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 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 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.