<p><em><strong>1 Have mercy on me, O God,</strong></em><br /><em><strong> according to your unfailing love;</strong></em><br /><em><strong>according to your great compassion</strong></em><br /><em><strong> blot out my transgressions.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>2 Wash away all my iniquity</strong></em><br /><em><strong> and cleanse me from my sin.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>3 For I know my transgressions,</strong></em><br /><em><strong> and my sin is always before me.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>4 Against you, you only, have I sinned</strong></em><br /><em><strong> and done what is evil in your sight;</strong></em><br /><em><strong>so you are right in your verdict</strong></em><br /><em><strong> and justified when you judge.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>5 Surely I was sinful at birth,</strong></em><br /><em><strong> sinful from the time my mother conceived me.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;</strong></em><br /><em><strong> you taught me wisdom in that secret place.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;</strong></em><br /><em><strong> wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>8 Let me hear joy and gladness;</strong></em><br /><em><strong> let the bones you have crushed rejoice.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>9 Hide your face from my sins</strong></em><br /><em><strong> and blot out all my iniquity.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,</strong></em><br /><em><strong> and renew a steadfast spirit within me.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>11 Do not cast me from your presence</strong></em><br /><em><strong> or take your Holy Spirit from me.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation</strong></em><br /><em><strong> and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong> </strong></em></p>
