Another of the same.
1 O GOD, have mercy upon me,
according to thy kindness dear:
and as thy mercies many be,
quite do thou my transgressions clear.
2 From my perverseness me wash through,
and from my sin me purify.
3 For my transgressions I do know,
before me is my sin daily.
4 Gainst thee, thee only sinn’d have I,
and done this evil in thy sight:
that when thou speak’st thee justify
men may, and judging clear thee quite.
5 Lo, in injustice shape’t I was:
in sin my mother conceiv’d me.
6 Lo, thou in th’ inwards truth lov’d has:
and made me wise in secrecy.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I clear
shall be; me wash, and then the snow
8 I shall be whiter. Make me hear
Joy and gladness, the bones which so
Thou broken hast joy cheerly shall.
9 Hyde from my sins thy face away
blot thou iniquities out all
which are upon me any way.
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10 Create in me clean heart at last
God: a right spirit in me new make.
11 Nor from thy presence quite me cast,
thy holy spirit nor from me take.
12 Me thy salvations joy restore,
and stay me with thy spirit free.
13 I will, transgressors teach thy lore,
and sinners shall be turn’d to thee.
14 Deliver me from guilt of blood,
o God, God of my health-saving,
which if thou shalt vouchsafe, aloud
thy righteousness my tongue shall sing.
15 My lips do thou, o Lord, unclose,
and thy praise shall my mouth forth show.
16 For sacrifice thou hast not chose,
that I should it on thee bestow:
Thou joy’st not in burnt sacrifice.
17 Gods sacrifices are a sp’rit
broken; o God, thou’ll not despise,
a heart that’s broken and contrite.
18 In thy good will do thou bestow
on Sion goodness bounteously:
Jerusalem’s walls that lay so low
do thou vouchsafe to edify.
19 Then shalt thou please to entertain
the sacrifices with content
of righteousness, the offerings slain,
which unto thee we shall present,
Together with the offerings
such as in fire whole burned are:
and then they shall their bullocks bring,
offerings to be on thine altar.