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¹Have mercy on me, God, according to your lovingkindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

²Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

³For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

⁴Against you, and you only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in your sight; That you may be proved right when you speak, And justified when you judge.

⁵Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin did my mother conceive me.

⁶Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

⁸Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

⁹Hide your face from my sins, And blot out all of my iniquities.

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, God. Renew a right spirit within me.

¹¹Don`t throw me away from your presence. Don`t take your holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.