Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God (2 Samuel 12:1–12)
1 CPDV Unto the end. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba. Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
2 CPDV Wash me once again from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. BSB BSB: Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 CPDV For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me. BSB BSB: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 CPDV Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment. BSB BSB: 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.
6 CPDV For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me. BSB BSB: Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 CPDV You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow. BSB BSB: Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 CPDV In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. And the bones that have been humbled will exult. BSB BSB: Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
9 CPDV Turn your face away from my sins, and erase all my iniquities. BSB BSB: Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
10 CPDV Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being. BSB BSB: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
11 CPDV Do not cast me away from your face; and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. BSB BSB: Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 CPDV Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit. BSB BSB: Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
13 CPDV I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you. BSB BSB: Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
14 CPDV Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice. BSB BSB: Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
15 CPDV O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise. BSB BSB: O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
16 CPDV For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted. BSB BSB: For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 CPDV A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn. BSB BSB: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
18 CPDV Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up. BSB BSB: In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 CPDV Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar. BSB BSB: Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
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