1<\/sup>Unto the end. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba. Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Wash me once again from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. And the bones that have been humbled will exult.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Turn your face away from my sins, and erase all my iniquities.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Do not cast me away from your face; and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.<\/span> <\/p>\n