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1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
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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 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
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Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
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For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 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.
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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 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
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Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
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