| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. | 1Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. |
| 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! | 2Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. |
| 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. | 3For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. |
| 4Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. | 4Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. |
| 5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. | 5For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. |
| 6Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. | 6But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there. |
| 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | 7Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. | 8Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice. |
| 9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. | 9Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. |
| 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. | 10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. |
| 11Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. | 11Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. | 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. |
| 13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. | 13Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you. |
| 14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. | 14Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. |
| 15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. | 15Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you. |
| 16For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. | 16You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. |
| 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | 17The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. |
| 18Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; | 18Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. | 19Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar. |
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