| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba. Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithful love; according to Your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion. | 1Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions. |
| 2Wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. | 2Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. | 3For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me. |
| 4Against You--You alone--I have sinned and done this evil in Your sight. So You are right when You pass sentence; You are blameless when You judge. | 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. |
| 5Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. | 5Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me. |
| 6Surely You desire integrity in the inner self, and You teach me wisdom deep within. | 6Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts. |
| 7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will 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 You have crushed rejoice. | 8Let me know joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. |
| 9Turn Your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt. | 9Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities. |
| 10God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. | 10God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me. |
| 11Do not banish me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me. | 11Do not cast me from your presence; do not take your Holy Spirit from me. |
| 12Restore the joy of Your salvation to me, and give me a willing spirit. | 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me. |
| 13Then I will teach the rebellious Your ways, and sinners will return to You. | 13Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you. |
| 14Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. | 14Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness. |
| 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. | 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. |
| 16You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; You are not pleased with a burnt offering. | 16Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings. |
| 17The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart. | 17True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise. |
| 18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build the walls of Jerusalem. | 18Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, 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. |
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