³ For I acknowledge my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.
⁴ Against You, You only, have I sinned,
    and done this evil in Your sight,
so that You are justified when You speak,
    and You are blameless when You judge.
⁵ I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin my mother conceived me.
⁶ You desire truth in the inward parts,
    and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.

⁷ Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
⁸ Make me to hear joy and gladness,
    that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.
⁹ Hide Your face from my sins,
    and blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Do not cast me away from Your presence,
    and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
    and uphold me with Your willing spirit.

¹³ Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
    and sinners will return to You.
¹⁴ Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God,
    God of my salvation,
    and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.
¹⁵ O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will declare Your praise.
¹⁶ For You do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it;
    You do not delight in burnt offering.
¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
    a broken and a contrite heart,
    O God, You will not despise.

¹⁸ Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure;
    build the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹ Then You will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
    with burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
    then they will offer young bulls on Your altar.