¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. ²Wash me clean of my iniquity ³For I know my transgressions, ⁴Against You, You only, have I sinned ⁵Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; ⁶Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; ⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; ⁸Let me hear joy and gladness; ⁹Hide Your face from my sins ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God, ¹¹Cast me not away from Your presence; ¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, ¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, ¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, ¹⁵O Lord, open my lips, ¹⁶For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; ¹⁸In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; ¹⁹Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,