Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge 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; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Through this Psalm, the psalmist prays for his mercy while confessing his sins to god. The psalmist know they have upsetted god with the way they have acted. Their transgressions they have done have been ungodly of the savior. David also says he was born of sin inyo a sin filled world. He uses this to revert back to the original sin. The next few lines talks about how the psalmist wants to be clean and purified. The person asks to be restored, and a new version of them to be created, because of all the sin they have done in their life. The speaker also asks god not to take them out of his presence and to keep the holy spirit within them. In the final section of the psalm, one could infer thaf God has forgiven the psalmist. The psalmist goes on to say he will teach those who break the laws of the lord, and send the sinners back to him. Through this work the psalmist is looking to be redeemed through god. The psalmist continues by asking the Lord to deliver him from the bloodshed. The bloodshed of all the sin and the wicked ways of the world. Once the psalmist is delivered he will praise the Lord with all of his might. The psalmist then talks about how the Lord likes no sacrifice. But if that sacrifice is a broke spirit, the lord would not reject it. The psalmist ends by praying to God to rebuild Jerusalem, and once this is done they may burn animals. But the Psalmist knew that God did not like the animal sacrificing if, the people did not obey him. In conclusion, the power of psalm is a great them for the story. The tone and overall spirit and mood of the psalmist, gives off the strong power on God.
