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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Against you--you above all--I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice! |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me! |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey! |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit--O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem! |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar. |
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