Psalms 51:1-5 To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.A Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
A Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions. ² Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin. ³ For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me. ⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment. ⁵ Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.