For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. Act 3:19Isa 44:22Isa 43:25Psa 51:9Col 2:14Psa 69:162Sa 11:2Eph 1:6-8
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. 1Jn 1:7-9Heb 10:21-22Ezk 36:25Jer 4:14Psa 51:7Isa 1:16Rev 1:51Co 6:11
Cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions. Pro 28:13Isa 59:12Psa 38:18Psa 32:5Lev 26:40-41Luk 15:18-21Jer 3:25Job 33:27
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you only, I have sinned, 2Sa 12:13-14Luk 15:21Gen 20:6Gen 39:9Rom 3:4Act 17:31Rev 16:5Gen 9:6
and done that which is evil in your sight,
so you may be proved right when you speak,
and justified when you judge.
Behold, I was born in iniquity. Rom 5:12Job 14:4Psa 58:3Job 15:14-16Eph 2:3Jhn 3:6Gen 5:3Gen 8:21
My mother conceived me in sin.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. 1Sa 16:7Psa 15:21Pe 3:4Rom 7:22Job 38:36Pro 2:6Jas 4:8Luk 11:39
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. 1Jn 1:7Isa 1:18Heb 9:13-14Num 19:18-20Heb 9:19Rev 1:5Eph 5:26-27Exo 12:22
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness, Hos 6:1-2Job 5:17-18Mat 5:4Psa 6:2-3Psa 119:81-82Psa 126:5-6Luk 4:18Psa 30:11
that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins, Jer 16:17Mic 7:18-19Col 2:14Isa 38:17Psa 51:1
and blot out all of my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Ezk 11:192Co 5:17Eph 4:22-24Mat 5:8Ezk 18:31Rom 12:2Ezk 36:25-27Act 15:9
Renew a right spirit within me.
Don’t throw me from your presence, Eph 4:302Ki 13:23Isa 63:10-11Rom 8:9Gen 6:3Jhn 14:26Luk 11:13Psa 71:18
and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Isa 41:10Psa 13:5Isa 61:102Co 3:17Jud 1:24Luk 1:47Psa 119:116-117Psa 35:9
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Luk 22:32Act 3:19Jas 5:19-20Act 26:18-20Jhn 21:15-17Act 15:3Act 2:38-41Jer 31:18
Sinners will be converted to you.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. 2Sa 12:9Psa 35:28Act 20:26Gen 9:6Hos 4:2Psa 26:9Rom 10:32Sa 11:15-17
My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
Lord, open my lips. Heb 13:15Psa 63:3-5Ezk 29:21Psa 119:13Psa 9:14Exo 4:11Ezk 3:271Sa 2:9
My mouth will declare your praise.
For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. Hos 6:6Psa 40:6Heb 10:5-61Sa 15:22Psa 51:6Isa 1:11-15Pro 21:27Amo 5:21-23
You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Psa 34:18Isa 66:2Psa 147:3Luk 15:10Mrk 12:33Mat 5:32Ch 33:12-13Psa 102:17
O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Psa 102:16Php 2:13Eph 1:5Luk 12:32Psa 122:6-9Zec 2:52Th 1:11Isa 51:3
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, Psa 4:5Eph 5:2Mal 3:3Psa 66:13-15Rom 12:1Psa 118:27
in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.
Then they will offer bulls on your altar.