Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God (2 Samuel 12:1–12)
1 ULT Be merciful to me, God, according to your covenant faithfulness. According to the multitude of your compassions, wipe away my transgressions. 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 ULT Make great, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. BSB BSB: Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 ULT For I, I know my transgressions, and my sin{ is} always before me. BSB BSB: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 ULT Against you, you only, I have sinned and done evil in your eyes, so you are right in your speaking, you are blameless in your judging. 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 ULT Behold, you desire truth in the kidneys, and you teach me wisdom in the closed{ place}. BSB BSB: Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 ULT May you purify me with hyssop, that I may be clean. May you wash me, that I may be whiter than snow. BSB BSB: Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 ULT Make me hear joy and gladness; may the bones you have crushed rejoice. BSB BSB: Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
9 ULT Hide your face from my sins, and wipe away all of my iniquities. BSB BSB: Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
10 ULT Create for me a clean heart, God, and renew an established spirit within me. BSB BSB: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
11 ULT May you not cast me away from your face, and may you not take the Spirit of your holiness from me. BSB BSB: Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 ULT Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and support me{ with} a willing spirit. BSB BSB: Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
13 ULT Let me teach transgressors your ways, that sinners may return to you. BSB BSB: Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
14 ULT Deliver me from blood, God, the God of my salvation, may my tongue sing{ about} your righteousness. BSB BSB: Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
15 ULT Lord, may you open my lips, that my mouth may declare your praise. BSB BSB: O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
16 ULT For you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give{ it}; you do not accept a burnt offering. BSB BSB: For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 ULT The sacrifices of God{ are} a broken spirit. A broken and crushed heart, God, you will not despise. BSB BSB: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
18 ULT Do good to Zion in your acceptance; build the walls of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 ULT Then you will delight in sacrifices of righteousness, a burnt offering and a whole{ one}. Then they will offer bulls on 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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