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Psalm 51:1-10

Have mercy upon me, O God

To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

    Have mercy on me, O God,
        according to your steadfast love;
    according to your abundant mercy
        blot out my transgressions. 
     Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
        and cleanse me from my sin.
 
     For I know my transgressions,
        and my sin is ever before me. 
     Against you, you alone, have I sinned,
        and done what is evil in your sight,
    so that you are justified in your sentence
        and blameless when you pass judgment. 
     Indeed, I was born guilty,
        a sinner when my mother conceived me.
 
     You desire truth in the inward being;
        therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. 
     Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
        wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
     Let me hear joy and gladness;
        let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. 
     Hide your face from my sins,
        and blot out all my iniquities.
 
     Create in me a clean heart, O God,
        and put a new and right spirit within me. 




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