1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.