1<\/sup>Unto the end, a psalm of David,<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bethsabee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.<\/span> <\/p>\n