| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Berean Study Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar. |
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