4 Against You, You only, have I sinned

And done that which is evil in Your sight,

So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence]

And faultless in Your judgment. [Rom 3:4]

5 I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;

In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful]. [John 3:6; Rom 5:12; Eph 2:3]

6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,

And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

7 Purify me with *hyssop, and I will be clean;

Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;

Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

9 Hide Your face from my sins

And blot out all my iniquities.