. . . from my sin.  3 For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever 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 iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.  6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.  7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.  8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.  9 Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities.  10 Create in me a clean heart, O 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 transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.  14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.  15 O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.  16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.  17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O 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 young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Psalms 73
1 Surely God is good to Israel , To those who are pure in heart!  2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.  3 For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.  4 For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.  5 They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind.  6 Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.  7 Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.  8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.  9 They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.  10 Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance are drunk by them.  11 They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"  12 Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.  13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;  14 For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning.  15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.  16 When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight  17 Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.  18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.  19 How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!  20 Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.  21 When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within,  22 Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.  23 Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.  24 With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory.  25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.  26 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.  27 For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.  28 But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.