• A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.

  • 1 Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings.
  • 2 Wash me thoroughly from my guilt And cleanse me from my sin.
  • 3 For I know my wrongdoings, And my sin is constantly before me.
  • 4 Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge.
  • 5 Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, And in sin my mother conceived me.
  • 6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.
  • 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Cleanse me, and I will be whiter than snow.
  • 8 Let me hear joy and gladness, Let the bones You have broken rejoice.
  • 9 Hide Your face from my sins And wipe out all my guilty deeds.
  • 10 Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
  • 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
  • 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit.
  • 13 Then I will teach wrongdoers Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.
  • 14 Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
  • 15 Lord, open my lips, So that my mouth may declare Your praise.
  • 16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You do not take pleasure in burnt offering.
  • 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise.
  • 18 By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.
  • 19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then bulls will be offered on Your altar.