Lord have mercy

Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.

The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise.

Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.

For I recognize my shameful deeds--they haunt me day and night.

For I was born a sinner--yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.

But you desire honesty from the heart, so you can teach me to be wise in my inmost being.

Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Do not banish me from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.

Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.

Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt

You would not be pleased with sacrifices, or I would bring them. If I brought you a burnt offering, you would not accept it.

Then you will be pleased with worthy sacrifices and with our whole burnt offerings; and bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.