✧For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ✧2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. ✧3For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me. ✧4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest. ✧5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me. ✧6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom. ✧7Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. ✧8Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. ✧9Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities. ✧10Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. ✧11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me. ✧12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit. ✧13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee. ✧14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. ✧15O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise. ✧16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. ✧17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. ✧18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. ✧19Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.