4 Against you — you alone — I have sinned

and done this evil in your sight.  *

So you are right when you pass sentence;

you are blameless when you judge.  *

5 Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;

I was sinful when my mother conceived me.  *

6 Surely you desire integrity in the inner self,

and you teach me wisdom deep within.  *

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

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.  *

8 Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones you have crushed rejoice.  *

9 Turn your face away  * from my sins

and blot out all my guilt.  *