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1 To victory, the psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he entered to Bathsheba. God, have thou mercy on me; by thy great mercy. And by the muchliness of thy merciful doings; do thou away my wickedness. (To victory, the song of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had slept with Bathsheba. God, have thou mercy on me; because of thy great love. And in the multitude of thy merciful doings; do thou away my wickedness.)
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Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Moreover wash thou me from my wickedness; and cleanse thou me from my sin.
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Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my wickedness; and my sin is ever[more] against me. (For I confess my sinfulness; yea, my sin is before me forevermore.)
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For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 I have sinned to thee alone, and I have done evil before thee; that thou be justified in thy words, and overcome when thou art deemed. (I have sinned against thee alone, and I have done evil before thee; so that thou art justified with thy words, and proved right when thou judgest me.)
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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 For lo! I was conceived in wickednesses; and my mother conceived me in sins. (For lo! I was conceived in sinfulness; yea, my mother conceived me in sin.)
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Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 For lo! thou lovedest truth; thou hast showed to me the uncertain things, and privy things of thy wisdom. (For lo! thou lovedest the truth; and thou hast shown me the uncertain things, and the secret things, of thy wisdom.)
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Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Lord, sprinkle thou me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; wash thou me, and I shall be made white more than snow (wash thou me, and I shall be made more white than snow).
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Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Give thou joy, and gladness to mine hearing; and bones made meek shall full out make joy. (Let me hear the sounds of joy, and of gladness; and then the bones, which thou hast broken and bruised, shall make great joy, or rejoice.)
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Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Turn away thy face from my sins; and do away all my wickednesses.
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Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 God, make thou a clean heart in me; and make thou new a rightful spirit in my entrails. (God, make my heart clean in me; and put thou a new and right spirit deep within me.)
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Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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