Psalm 51:2-7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³ For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.^(B)
4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
    and blameless when you pass judgment.^(C)
5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
    a sinner when my mother conceived me.^(D)

⁶ You desire truth in the inward being;^[a]
    therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.^(E)
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.^(F)