| New International Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. | 1Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion. |
| 2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. | 2Completely wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. | 3For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. |
| 4Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. | 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. |
| 5Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. | 5Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. |
| 6Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. | 6Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within. |
| 7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. | 7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. | 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. |
| 9Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. | 9Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt. |
| 10Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. | 10God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
| 11Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. | 11Do not banish me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. | 12Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit. |
| 13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. | 13Then I will teach the rebellious your ways, and sinners will return to you. |
| 14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. | 14Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God--God of my salvation--and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. |
| 15Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. | 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. |
| 16You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. | 16You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; you are not pleased with a burnt offering. |
| 17My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. | 17The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God. |
| 18May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. | 18In your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar. | 19Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. |
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