For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
BE gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Thy compassion blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.
Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned,
And done what is evil in Thy sight,
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Psalm 51:1–19