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Psalm 51

Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon

To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy,
    blot out my transgressions.(A)

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Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
    and cleanse me from my sin.(A)

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You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your countenance.(A)

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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
    it is so high that I cannot attain it.(A)

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