⁷ Remove my sin and make me pure.^[a]
    Wash me until I am whiter than snow!
⁸ Let me hear sounds of joy and happiness again.
    Let the bones you crushed be happy again.
⁹ Don’t look at my sins.
    Erase them all.
¹⁰ God, create a pure heart in me,
    and make my spirit strong again.

⁸ The Lord is kind and merciful.
    He is patient and full of love.
⁹ He does not always criticize.
    He does not stay angry with us forever.
¹⁰ We sinned against him,
    but he didn’t give us the punishment we deserved.
¹¹ His love for his followers is
    as high above us as heaven is above the earth.
¹² And he has taken our sins
    as far away from us as the east is from the west.
¹³ The Lord is as kind to his followers
    as a father is to his children.
¹⁴ He knows all about us.
    He knows we are made from dust.