Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me,51:1 Or Be gracious to me O God,
according to Your loving devotion;
according to Your great compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me clean of my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in Your sight,
so that You may be proved right when You speak
and blameless when You judge.51:4 LXX and victorious when You judge; cited in Romans 3:4
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise.