³ For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.^(I)

⁶ Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom^(A) in that secret place.^(B)

⁷ Cleanse^(C) me with hyssop,^(D) and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.^(E)
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;^(F)
    let the bones^(G) you have crushed rejoice.

⁹ Hide your face from my sins^(A)
    and blot out^(B) all my iniquity.

¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart,^(C) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(D)