Al director musical. Salmo de David, cuando el profeta Natán fue a verlo por haber cometido David adulterio con Betsabé.
1Ten compasión de mí, oh Dios, conforme a tu gran amor; conforme a tu inmensa bondad, borra mis transgresiones.2Lávame de toda mi maldad y límpiame de mi pecado.3Yo reconozco mis transgresiones; siempre tengo presente mi pecado.4Contra ti he pecado, solo contra ti, y he hecho lo que es malo ante tus ojos; por eso, tu sentencia es justa, y tu juicio, irreprochable.5Yo sé que soy malo de nacimiento; pecador me concibió mi madre.6Yo sé que tú amas la verdad en lo íntimo; en lo secreto me has enseñado sabiduría.7Purifícame con hisopo, y quedaré limpio; lávame, y quedaré más blanco que la nieve.8Anúnciame gozo y alegría; infunde gozo en estos huesos que has quebrantado.9Aparta tu rostro de mis pecados y borra toda mi maldad.10Crea en mí, oh Dios, un corazón limpio, y renueva la firmeza de mi espíritu.11No me alejes de tu presencia ni me quites tu santo Espíritu.12Devuélveme la alegría de tu salvación; que un espíritu obediente me sostenga.13Así enseñaré a los transgresores tus caminos, y los pecadores se volverán a ti.14Dios mío, Dios de mi salvación, líbrame de derramar sangre, y mi lengua alabará tu justicia.15Abre, Señor, mis labios, y mi boca proclamará tu alabanza.16Tú no te deleitas en los sacrificios ni te complacen los holocaustos; de lo contrario, te los ofrecería.17El sacrificio que te agrada es un espíritu quebrantado; tú, oh Dios, no desprecias al corazón quebrantado y arrepentido.18En tu buena voluntad, haz que prospere Sión; levanta los muros de Jerusalén.19Entonces te agradarán los sacrificios de justicia, los holocaustos del todo quemados, y sobre tu altar se ofrecerán becerros.
1To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me,[1] O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. (2 S 12:1; Sal 4:1; Sal 51:9; Sal 106:45; Is 43:25; Is 44:22; Hch 3:19; Col 2:14)2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! (Lv 13:6; Sal 51:7; Is 1:16; Jer 4:14; Mal 3:3; Hch 22:16; Heb 9:14; 1 Jn 1:7; 1 Jn 1:9)3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. (Sal 32:5; Pr 28:13)4Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. (Gn 20:6; Gn 39:9; 2 S 12:13; Lc 15:18; Lc 15:21; Ro 3:4; 1 Co 8:12)5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. (Job 14:4; Job 15:14; Ro 5:12; Ro 5:19; Ef 2:3)6Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. (Job 38:36)7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Ex 12:22; Lv 14:4; Nm 19:18; Sal 51:2; Is 1:18; Heb 9:19)8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. (Sal 35:10; Sal 44:19; Is 38:13)9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. (Sal 51:1; Jer 16:17)10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right[2] spirit within me. (1 S 10:9; Sal 24:4; Jer 24:7; Lm 5:21; Ez 11:19; Ez 36:26; Mt 5:8; Hch 15:9; Ef 4:23)11Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. (2 R 13:23; 2 R 17:20; 2 R 24:20; Sal 102:10; Jer 7:15; Ro 8:9; Ef 4:30)12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. (Lc 22:32)14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. (2 S 11:17; 2 S 12:9; Sal 24:5; Sal 35:28; Sal 71:8; Sal 71:15; Sal 71:24; 1 Jn 1:9)15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.16For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. (Sal 40:6)17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Sal 34:18)18Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; (Sal 69:35; Sal 122:6; Sal 147:2)19then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. (Dt 33:10; Sal 4:5; Mal 3:3)