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Wash me clean from my guilt.
    Purify me from my sin.
For I recognize my rebellion;
    it haunts me day and night.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned;
    I have done what is evil in your sight.
You will be proved right in what you say,
    and your judgment against me is just.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 51:4 Greek version reads and you will win your case in court. Compare Rom 3:4.

Wash away(A) all my iniquity
    and cleanse(B) me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.(C)
Against you, you only, have I sinned(D)
    and done what is evil in your sight;(E)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.(F)

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