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Psalms 51:16

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

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Verse 1

[[To 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.

Verse 2

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Verse 3

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever

Verse 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.

Verse 5

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive