Psalm 51:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.

⁶You desire truth in the inward being;^[a]
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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Psalm 51:6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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