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To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
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For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
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Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.
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Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
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Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
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Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)