| About Me |
Show me favor, O God, according to your loving-kindness.
According to the abundance of your mercies wipe out my transgressions.
Thoroughly wash me from my error,
And cleanse me even from my sin.
For my transgressions I myself know,
And my sin is in front of me constantly.
Against you, you alone, I have sinned,
And what is bad in your eyes I have done,
In order that you may prove to be righteous when you speak,
That you may be in the clear when you judge.
Look! With error I was brought forth with birth pains,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Look! You have taken delight in truthfulness itself in the inward parts;
And in the secret self may you cause me to know sheer wisdom.
May you purify me from sin with hyssop, that I may be clean;
May you wash me, that I may become whiter even than snow.
May you cause me to hear exultation and rejoicing,
That the bones that you have crushed may be joyful.
Conceal your face from my sins,
And wipe out even all my errors.
Create in me even a pure heart, O God,
And put within me a new spirit, a steadfast one.
Do not throw me away from before your face;
And your holy spirit O do not take away from me.
Do restore to me the exultation of salvation by you,
And may you support me even with a willing spirit.
I will teach transgressors your ways,
That sinners themselves may turn right back to you.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God the God of my salvation,
That my tongue may joyfully tell about your righteousness.
O Jehovah, may you open these lips of mine,
That my own mouth may tell forth your praise.
For you do not take delight in sacrifice—otherwise I would give [it];
In whole burnt offering you do not find pleasure.
The sacrifices to God are a broken spirit;
A heart broken and crushed, O God, you will not despise.
In your goodwill do deal well with Zion;
May you build the walls of Jerusalem.
In that case you will be delighted with sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt sacrifice and whole offering;
In that case bulls will be offered up on your very own altar. |
