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For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when ^[a]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

^(a)Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of ^(b)Your compassion ^(c)blot out my transgressions.

^(d)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And ^(e)cleanse me from my sin.

For ^[b]I ^(f)know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me.

^(g)Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is ^(h)evil in Your sight, So that ⁽ⁱ⁾You ^[c]are justified ^[d]when You speak And ^[e]blameless when You judge.

Behold, I was ^(j)brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

Behold, You desire ^(k)truth in the ^[f]innermost being, And in the hidden part You will ^(l)make me know wisdom.

^[g]Purify me ^(m)with hyssop, and I shall be clean; ^[h]Wash me, and I shall be ⁽ⁿ⁾whiter than snow.

^[i]Make me to hear ^(o)joy and gladness, Let the ^(p)bones which You have broken rejoice.

^(q)Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities.

^(r)Create ^[j]in me a ^(s)clean heart, O God, And renew ^[k]a ^(t)steadfast spirit within me.

^(u)Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your ^(v)Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the ^(w)joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a ^(x)willing spirit.

Then I will ^(y)teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will ^[l]be ^(z)converted to You.

Deliver me from ^(aa)bloodguiltiness, O God, ^(ab)the God of my salvation; Then my ^(ac)tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

O Lord, ^[m](ad)open my lips, That my mouth may ^(ae)declare Your praise.

For You ^(af)do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a ^(ag)broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

^(ah)By Your favor do good to Zion; ^[n](ai)Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then You will delight in ^[o](aj)righteous sacrifices, In ^(ak)burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then ^[p]young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

For the choir director. A ^[a]Maskil of David, ^[b]when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."

Why do you ^(a)boast in evil, O mighty man? The ^(b)lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Your tongue devises ^(c)destruction, Like a ^(d)sharp razor, ^(e)O worker of deceit.

You ^(f)love evil more than good, ^(g)Falsehood more than speaking what is right. ^[c]Selah.

You love all words that devour, O ^(h)deceitful tongue.

^[d]But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and ⁽ⁱ⁾tear you away from your tent, And ^(j)uproot you from the ^(k)land of the living. Selah.

The righteous will ^(l)see and fear, And will ^(m)laugh at him, saying,

"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But ⁽ⁿ⁾trusted in the abundance of his riches And ^(o)was strong in ^[e]his evil desire."

But as for me, I am like a ^(p)green olive tree in the house of God; I ^(q)trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

I will ^(r)give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, ^(s)for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

For the choir director; according to ^[a]Mahalath. A ^[b]Maskil of David.

^(a)The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God," They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; ^(b)There is no one who does good.

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is ^(c)anyone who ^[c]understands, Who ^(d)seeks after God.

^(e)Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.

Have the workers of wickedness ^(f)no knowledge, Who eat up My people as though they ate bread And have not called upon God?

There they were in great ^[d]fear ^(g)where no ^[e]fear had been; For God ^(h)scattered the bones of ^[f]him who encamped against you; You ⁽ⁱ⁾put them to shame, because ^(j)God had rejected them.

Oh, that ^(k)the salvation of Israel ^[g]would come out of Zion! When God ^[h]restores His captive people, ^[i]Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.