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To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
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For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.
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Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-- That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.
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Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
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Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.