3: For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4: Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

5: Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8: Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9: Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11: Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12: Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.