1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

1 ¶ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

2 ¶ Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

3 ¶ For I acknowledge my transgressions:
And my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

4 ¶ Against 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.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

5 ¶ Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
And in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

6 ¶ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know 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.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

8 ¶ Make me to hear joy and gladness;
That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

9 ¶ Hide thy face from my sins,
And blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

10 ¶ Create in me a clean heart, O God;
And renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

11 ¶ Cast me not away from thy presence;
And take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

12 ¶ Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation:
And uphold me with a free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

13 ¶ Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
And sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

14 ¶ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;
And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

15 ¶ O Lord, open thou my lips;
And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

16 ¶ For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it:
Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

17 ¶ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

18 ¶ Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:
Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

19 ¶ Then shalt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering:
Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.