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1HAVE mercy on me, O God,
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly of my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against You, You alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in Your sight,
so that You are justified when You speak,
and blameless when You judge.5 Behold, I was born guilty,
I was sinful from when my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
for You teach me wisdom deep within.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
or take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore the joy of Your salvation to me,
and give me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
and sinners will return to You.
14 Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
the God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.
16 For You do not delight in sacrifice,
or I would bring it;
You are not pleased by burnt offerings.
17 The sacrifices pleasing to God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise.
18 Make Zion to prosper in Your good pleasure;
build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You will delight in sacrifices of righteousness,
and in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on Your altar.