Psalm 51:1  Have mercy on me, God, according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
² Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
    Cleanse me from my sin.
³ For I know my transgressions.
    My sin is constantly before me.
⁴ Against you, and you only, I have sinned,
    and done that which is evil in your sight,
so you may be proved right when you speak,
    and justified when you judge.
⁵ Behold, I was born in iniquity.
    My mother conceived me in sin.
⁶ Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
    You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
⁷ Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.
    Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
⁸ Let me hear joy and gladness,
    that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
⁹ Hide your face from my sins,
    and blot out all of my iniquities.
¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God.
    Renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Don’t throw me from your presence,
    and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
    Uphold me with a willing spirit.
¹³ Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
    Sinners will be converted to you.
¹⁴ Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
    My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
¹⁵ Lord, open my lips.
    My mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶ For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.
    You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
    O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.