After Thy Loving-kindness, Lord

1.After thy loving-kindness, Lord,
have mercy upon me:
For thy compassions great, blot out
all mine iniquity.

2.Me cleanse from sin, and throughly wash
from mine iniquity:
For my transgressions I confess;
my sin I ever see.

3.'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinned,
in thy sight done this ill;
That when thou speak'st thou may'st be just,
and clear in judging still.

4.Behold, I in iniquity
was formed the womb within;
My mother also me conceived
in guiltiness and sin.

5.Behold, thou in the inward parts
with truth delighted art;
And wisdom thou shalt make me know
within the hidden part.

6.Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me,
I shall be cleansed so;
Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall
be whiter than the snow.

7.Of gladness and of joyfulness
make me to hear the voice;
That so these very bones which thou
hast broken may rejoice.

8.All mine iniquities blot out,
thy face hide from my sin.
Create a clean heart, Lord, renew
a right spirit me within.

9.Cast me not from thy sight, nor take
thy Holy Spirit away.
Restore me thy salvation's joy;
with thy free Spirit me stay.

10.Then will I teach thy ways unto
those that transgressors be;
And those that sinners are shall then
be turned unto thee.

11.O God, of my salvation God,
me from blood-guiltiness
Set free; then shall my tongue aloud
sing of thy righteousness.

12.My closed lips, O Lord, by thee
let them be opened;
Then shall thy praises by my mouth
abroad be published.

13.For thou desir'st not sacrifice,
else would I give it thee;
Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering
at all delighted be.

14.A broken spirit is to God
a pleasing sacrifice:
A broken and a contrite heart,
Lord, thou wilt not despise.

15.Show kindness, and do good, O Lord,
to Zion, thine own hill:
The walls of thy Jerusalem
build up of thy good will.

16.Then righteous off'rings shall thee please,
and off'rings burnt, which they
With whole burnt-off'rings, and with calves,
shall on thine altar lay.