Psalm 51:6-10

English Standard Version

⁶Behold, you delight in truth in ^(A)the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

⁷Purge me ^(B)with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    ^(C)wash me, and I shall be ^(D)whiter than snow.
⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;
    ^(E)let the bones ^(F)that you have broken rejoice.
⁹^(G)Hide your face from my sins,
    and ^(H)blot out all my iniquities.
¹⁰^(I)Create in me a ^(J)clean heart, O God,
    and ^(K)renew a right^[a] spirit within me.

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Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast

Psalm 51:6-10

New International Version

⁶Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom^(A) in that secret place.^(B)

⁷Cleanse^(C) me with hyssop,^(D) and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.^(E)
⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;^(F)
    let the bones^(G) you have crushed rejoice.
⁹Hide your face from my sins^(H)
    and blot out^(I) all my iniquity.