Psalm 51:7–17

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

⁹Hide Your face from my sins

and blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

¹¹Cast me not away from Your presence;

take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

and sustain me with a willing spirit.

¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

and sinners will return to You.

¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God,

the God of my salvation,

and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

¹⁵O Lord, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare Your praise.

¹⁶For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;

You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

a broken and a contrite heart,

O God, You will not despise.