Psalms 51:1-5

¹To victory, the psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he entered to Bathsheba. God, have thou mercy on me; by thy great mercy. And by the muchliness of thy merciful doings; do thou away my wickedness.

²Moreover wash thou me from my wickedness; and cleanse thou me from my sin.

³For I acknowledge my wickedness; and my sin is evermore against me.

⁴I have sinned to thee alone, and I have done evil before thee; that thou be justified in thy words, and overcome when thou art deemed.

⁵For lo! I was conceived in wicked-nesses; and my mother conceived me in sins.