1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,
3 For I know my transgressions;
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity;
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts;
7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness,
9 Hide thy face from my sins,
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;
11 Cast me not away from thy presence;
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;
15 O Lord, open thou my lips;
16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it:
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:
19 Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,