Have mercy upon me, O God,

according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgression.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions:

and my sin is ever before me.
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.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;

and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:

and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness;

that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins,

and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence;

and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,

thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
O Lord, open thou my lips:

and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:

thou delightest not in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:

a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:

build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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.

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