| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. | 1Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions. |
| 2Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. | 2Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. | 3For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me. |
| 4Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. | 4Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment. |
| 5For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. | 5Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me. |
| 6But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there. | 6Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts. |
| 7Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. | 7Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 8Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice. | 8Let me know joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. |
| 9Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. | 9Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities. |
| 10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. | 10God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me. |
| 11Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. | 11Do not cast me from your presence; do not take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. | 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me. |
| 13Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you. | 13Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you. |
| 14Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. | 14Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness. |
| 15Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you. | 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. |
| 16You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. | 16Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings. |
| 17The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. | 17True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise. |
| 18Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. | 18Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar. | 19Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. |
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