Wash me [a]thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from mine sin.

For I [b]know mine iniquities, and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee, against thee only have I sinned, and done evil in thy sight, that thou mayest be just when thou [c]speakest, and pure when thou judgest.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:2 My sins strike so fast in me, that I have need of some singular kind of washing.
  2. Psalm 51:3 My conscience accuseth me so, that I can have no rest till I be reconciled.
  3. Psalm 51:4 When thou givest sentence against sinners, they must needs confess thee to be just, and themselves sinners.

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