Psalm 51:1–12

¹Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love.

According to your abundant mercies,

blot out my transgressions.

²Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and from my sin cleanse me.

³For I myself know^b my transgressions,^c

and my sin is ever before me.

⁴Against you, only you, I have sinned

and have done this evil^d in your eyes,

so that you are correct when you speak,

you are blameless when you judge.

⁵Behold, in iniquity I was born,

and in sin my mother conceived me.

⁶Behold, you delight in truth in the inward parts,

and in the hidden parts you make me to know wisdom.

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

⁸Make me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

⁹Hide your face from my sins,

and all my iniquities blot out.

¹⁰Create a clean heart for me, O God,

and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^e

¹¹Do not cast me away from your presence,

and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and with a willing spirit sustain me.