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1 <V 50:1>Unto the end. A Psalm of David, <V 50:2>when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba. <V 50:3>Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. For 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.
2 <V 50:4>Wash me once again from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 <V 50:5>For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 <V 50:6>Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment. Against 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. Against 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.
5 <V 50:7>For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 <V 50:8>For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me. Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 <V 50:9>You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 <V 50:10>In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. And the bones that have been humbled will exult. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 <V 50:11>Turn your face away from my sins, and erase all my iniquities. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 <V 50:12>Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 <V 50:13>Do not cast me away from your face; and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 <V 50:14>Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 <V 50:15>I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 <V 50:16>Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 <V 50:17>O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 <V 50:18>For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 <V 50:19>A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
18 <V 50:20>Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up. Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 <V 50:21>Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar. then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
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