| 1: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions. |
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| 2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my
sin. |
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For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before
me. |
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| 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. |
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| 5: Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother
conceive me. |
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| 6: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the
hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. |
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| 7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow. |
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| 8: Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou
hast broken may rejoice. |
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| 9: Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
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| 10: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit
within me. |
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| 11: Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy
spirit from me. |
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| 12: Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with
thy free spirit. |
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| 13: Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall
be converted unto thee. |
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| 14: Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my
salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. |
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| 15: O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy
praise. |
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| 16: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou
delightest not in burnt offering. |
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| 17: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a
contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
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| 18: Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls
of Jerusalem. |
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| 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. |
