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| 1: Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. | 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. | 3 Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense. |
| 2: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! | 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! | 4 Wash away all my guilt; from my sin cleanse me. |
| 3: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. | 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. | 5 For I know my offense; my sin is always before me. |
| 4: Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment. | 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. | 6 Against you alone have I sinned; I have done such evil in your sight That you are just in your sentence, blameless when you condemn. |
| 5: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. | 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. | 7 True, I was born guilty, a sinner, even as my mother conceived me. |
| 6: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. | 6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. | 8 Still, you insist on sincerity of heart; in my inmost being teach me wisdom. |
| 7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | 9 Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure; wash me, make me whiter than snow. |
| 8: Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice. | 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. | 10 Let me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. |
| 9: Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. | 9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. | 11 Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my guilt. |
| 10: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. | 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. | 12 A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit. |
| 11: Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me. | 11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. | 13 Do not drive me from your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit. |
| 12: Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. | 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. | 14 Restore my joy in your salvation; sustain in me a willing spirit. |
| 13: Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee. | 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. | 15 I will teach the wicked your ways, that sinners may return to you. |
| 14: Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance. | 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. | 16 Rescue me from death, God, my saving God, that my tongue may praise your healing power. |
| 15: O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. | 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. | 17 Lord, open my lips; my mouth will proclaim your praise. |
| 16: For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased. | 16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. | 18 For you do not desire sacrifice; a burnt offering you would not accept. |
| 17: The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. | 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | 19 My sacrifice, God, is a broken spirit; God, do not spurn a broken, humbled heart. |
| 18: Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, | 18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; | 20 Make Zion prosper in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19: then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar. | 19 then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. | 21 Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifice, burnt offerings and holocausts; then bullocks will be offered on your altar. |
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