³ For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.^(A)
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned^(B)
    and done what is evil in your sight;^(C)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.^(D)

⁵ Surely I was sinful^(A) at birth,^(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
⁶ Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom^(C) in that secret place.^(D)

¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation^(A)
    and grant me a willing spirit,^(B) to sustain me.^(C)

¹³ Then I will teach transgressors your ways,^(D)
    so that sinners^(E) will turn back to you.^(F)

¹⁴ Deliver me^(A) from the guilt of bloodshed,^(B) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,^(C)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.^(D)

¹⁷ My sacrifice,^(A) O God, is^[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(B)
    you, God, will not despise.