| English Standard Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. | 1Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions. |
| 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! | 2Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. | 3For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me. |
| 4Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. | 4Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment. |
| 5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. | 5Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me. |
| 6Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. | 6Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts. |
| 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. | 7Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. |
| 8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. | 8Let me know joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. |
| 9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. | 9Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities. |
| 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. | 10God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me. |
| 11Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. | 11Do not cast me from your presence; do not take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. | 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me. |
| 13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. | 13Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you. |
| 14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. | 14Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness. |
| 15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. | 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. |
| 16For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. | 16Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings. |
| 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | 17True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise. |
| 18Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; | 18Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. | 19Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. |
| ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
|
