1 1 1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God, 1 according to your unfailing love; 1 according to your great compassion 1 blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity 2 and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, 3 and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned 4 and done what is evil in your sight, 4 so that you are proved right when you speak 4 and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth, 5 sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts[a]; 6 you teach[b] me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; 7 wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness; 8 let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins 9 and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, 10 and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
