| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. | 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. |
| 2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. | 2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. | 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. |
| 4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. | 4Against 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. |
| 5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. | 5Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. |
| 6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. | 6Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. |
| 7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. | 7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice. | 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. |
| 9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. | 9Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. |
| 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. | 10Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
| 11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me. | 11Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit. | 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. |
| 13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You. | 13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. |
| 14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. | 14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. |
| 15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. | 15Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. |
| 16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. | 16You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. |
| 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. | 17My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. |
| 18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. | 18May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar. | 19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar. |
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