1 H ave mercy upon me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to the multitude of Your tender mercy and loving-kindness blot out my transgressions.

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

2 W ash me thoroughly from my iniquity and guilt and cleanse me and make me wholly pure from my sin!

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

3 F or I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; my sin is ever before me.

For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

4 A gainst You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified in Your sentence and faultless in Your judgment.

Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

5 B ehold, I was brought forth in iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me.

Behold, I was born in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

6 B ehold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

7 P urify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 M ake me to hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

9 H ide Your face from my sins and blot out all my guilt and iniquities.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.

10 C reate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

11 C ast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me.

12 R estore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

13 T hen will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted and return to You.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.

14 D eliver me from bloodguiltiness and death, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness (Your rightness and Your justice).

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

16 F or You delight not in sacrifice, or else would I give it; You find no pleasure in burnt offering.

For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

17 M y sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, such, O God, You will not despise.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

18 D o good in Your good pleasure to Zion; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

19 T hen will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, justice, and right, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bullocks will be offered upon Your altar.

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.