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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Completely wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Against you--you alone--I have sinned and done this evil in your sight. So you are right when you pass sentence; you are blameless when you judge. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within. |
| 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] | 9Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Do not banish me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then I will teach the rebellious your ways, and sinners will return to you. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God--God of my salvation--and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; you are not pleased with a burnt offering. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18In your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. |
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