4 *You are really the one

I have sinned against;

I have disobeyed you

and have done wrong.

So it is right and fair for you

to correct and punish me.

5 I have sinned and done wrong

since the day I was born.

6 But you want complete honesty,

so teach me true wisdom.

7 Wash me with hyssop*

until I am clean

and whiter than snow.

8 Let me be happy and joyful!

You crushed my bones,

now let them celebrate.

9 Turn your eyes from my sin

and cover my guilt.