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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time when the prophet Nathan rebuked David after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
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\q1
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\v 1 O God, act mercifully toward me
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\q2 because you love me faithfully;
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\q2 because you are very merciful,
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\q2 erase the record of the ways that I disobeyed you!
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\q1
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\v 2 Make me pure from the wrong things that I have done;
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\q2 make me clean from the guilt of my sin.
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\v 3 I say that because I know the ways that I have disobeyed you;
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\q2 I cannot forget them.
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\v 4 You, you only, are the one I that have really sinned against,
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\q2 and you have seen the evil things that I have done.
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\q1 When you say that I am guilty, you are right,
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\q2 and when you judge me, you justly say that I deserve to be punished.
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\v 5 I have been a sinner since the day that I was born;
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\q2 truly, I have been like that since my mother conceived me.
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\v 6 What you desire is that in my inner being I desire what is true
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\q2 in order that you can teach me in my inner being how to act wisely.
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\v 7 Purify me from the guilt of my sins, and after that happens, I will be clean in my inner being;
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\q2 cleanse me, and then in my inner being I will be whiter than snow.
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\v 8 Allow me again to be joyful;
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\q2 you have crushed my spirit;
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\q1 but now let me rejoice again.
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\v 9 Do not continue to look at the sins that I have committed;
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\q2 erase the record of the evil things that I have done.
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\v 10 O God, cause my inner being to be pure.
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\q2 Put a new and faithful spirit within me.
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\v 11 Do not send me away from you because of my sin,
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\q2 and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
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\v 12 Cause me to be happy again because of knowing that you have freed me from the guilt of my sin,
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\q2 and make my spirit willing to obey you.
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\v 13 If you do that, I will be able to teach to other sinners what you want them to do,
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\q2 and they will repent and begin to obey you.
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\v 14 O God, you are the one who saves me;
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\q2 forgive me for being guilty of causing someone who was not my enemy to die.
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\q2 When you do that, I will sing joyfully about your being very good and righteous.
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\v 15 O Yahweh, help me to speak
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\q2 in order that I may praise you.
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\v 16 You are not pleased with only the sacrifices that people bring to you.
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\q2 If that were enough to please you, I would bring you sacrifices.
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\q1 You are not pleased with burnt offerings alone.
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\v 17 The sacrifice that you really want is for people to be truly humble and sorry for having sinned;
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\q2 O God, you will not refuse that kind of sacrifice.
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\v 18 O God, be good to the people who live in Jerusalem;
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\q2 help them to rebuild the city walls.
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\v 19 When that happens, they will bring you the proper sacrifices,
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\q2 animals that they completely burn,
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\q2 young bulls that they burn on your altar,
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\q2 and you will be pleased.
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