³ For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.
⁴ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
    and done that which is evil in thy sight,
so that thou art justified in thy sentence
    and blameless in thy judgment.
⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.

⁶ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being;
    therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
⁷ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
⁸ Fill^[b] me with joy and gladness;
    let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
⁹ Hide thy face from my sins,
    and blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and put a new and right^[c] spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from thy presence,
    and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of thy salvation,
    and uphold me with a willing spirit.

⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure?
    By guarding it according to thy word.
¹⁰ With my whole heart I seek thee;
    let me not wander from thy commandments!
¹¹ I have laid up thy word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against thee.
¹² Blessed be thou, O Lord;
    teach me thy statutes!
¹³ With my lips I declare
    all the ordinances of thy mouth.
¹⁴ In the way of thy testimonies I delight
    as much as in all riches.
¹⁵ I will meditate on thy precepts,
    and fix my eyes on thy ways.
¹⁶ I will delight in thy statutes;
    I will not forget thy word.