1 For 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. | C | TOSK |
2 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. | C | TOSK |
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. | C | TOSK |
4 Against 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. | C | TOSK |
5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. | IP | C | TOSK |
6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. | C | TOSK |
7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. | C | TOSK | TT¹ | TT¹ |
8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice. | C | TOSK |
9 Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. | C | TOSK |
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. | C | TOSK |
11 Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me. | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | C | TOSK | TT |
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit. | C | TOSK |
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You. | C | TOSK |
14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. | C | TOSK |
15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. | C | TOSK |
16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | IP⁴ | C | TOSK | TT¹ | TT² |
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT¹ | TT² |
18 In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. | C | TOSK |
19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar. | C | TOSK |