1. Have mercy upon me, O God,

1. according to thy loving-kindness:

1. according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies

1. blot out my transgressions.

2. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,

2. and cleanse me from my sin.

3. For I acknowledge my transgressions:

3. and my sin is ever before me.

4. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,

4. and done this evil in thy sight:

4. that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,

4. and be clear when thou judgest.

5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;

5. and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:

6. and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

7. wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8. Make me to hear joy and gladness;

8. that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9. Hide thy face from my sins,

9. and blot out all mine iniquities.

10. Create in me a clean heart, O God;

10. and renew a right spirit within me.

11. Cast me not away from thy presence;

11. and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

12. and uphold me with thy free Spirit.

13. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

13. and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,

14. thou God of my salvation:

14. and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15. O Lord, open thou my lips;

15. and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

16. For thou desirest not sacrifice;

16. else would I give it:

16. thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:

17. a broken and a contrite heart, O God,

17. thou wilt not despise.

18. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:

18. build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,

19. with burnt offering and whole burnt offering:

19. then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.