1O God, be merciful to me,
2Make me pure from the wrong things that I have done;
3I say that because I know the ways that I have disobeyed you;
4You, you only, are the one that I have really sinned against,
5I have been a sinner since the day that I was born;
6What you desire is that I desire what is true
7Purify me from the guilt of my sins, and after that happens, I will be clean in my inner being;
8Allow/Cause me to be joyful [DOU] again;
9Do not continue to look at the sins [IDM] that I have committed;
10O God, cause my inner being to be pure.
11Do not send me away from you because of my sin,
12Cause/Allow me to be happy again because of knowing that you have freed me from the guilt of my sin,
13If you do that, I will be able to teach other sinners what you want them to do,
14O God, you are the one who saves me;
15O Yahweh, help me to speak
16You are not pleased only with the sacrifices that people bring to you.
17The sacrifice that you really want is for people to be truly humble and sorry for having sinned;
18O God, be good to the people who live in Jerusalem [MTY],
19When that happens, they will bring you the proper sacrifices,