Psalms 51

4 Against you — you alone — I have sinned

and done this evil in your sight.  * 51:4 Ps 41:4

So you are right when you pass sentence;

you are blameless when you judge.  * 51:4 Rm 3:4

5 Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;

I was sinful when my mother conceived me.  * 51:5 Jb 15:14; Ps 58:3; Rm 5:12–13

6 Surely you desire integrity in the inner self,

and you teach me wisdom deep within.  * 51:6 Jb 38:36; Pr 2:6; Ec 2:26

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

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.  * 51:7 Lv 14:4,49; Nm 19:18; Is 1:18

8 Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones you have crushed rejoice.  * 51:8 Ps 35:10; Is 38:13

9 Turn your face away  * 51:9 Lit Hide your face from my sins

and blot out all my guilt.  * 51:9 Jr 16:17