HAve mercy on me, Lord, after
thy great abounding grace:
After thy mercies multitude
do thou my sins deface.
[verse 2] Yea wash me more from mine offence,
and cleanse me from my sin:
For I do know my faults, and still
my sin is in mine eyn.
[verse 3] Against thee, thee alone I have
offended in this case:
And evil have I done before
the presence of thy sace:
[verse 4] That in the things that thou hast done
upright thou mayst be tri'd,
And eke in judging, that the doom
may pass upon thy side.
[verse 5] Behold, in wickedness my kinde
and shape I did receive:
And lo my sinful mother eke
in sin did me conceive.
[verse 6] But lo, the truth in inward parts
is pleasant unto thee;
And secrets of thy wisdom thou
revealed hast to me.
[verse 7] With hyssop, Lord, besprinkle me,
I shall be cleansed so:
Yea, wash thou me; and so I shall
be whiter then the snow.
[verse 8] Of joy and gladness make thou me
to hear the pleasant voice:
That so the bruised bones which thou
hast broken may rejoyce.
[verse 9] From the beholding of my sins,
Lord, turn away thy face:
And all my deeds of wickedness
do utterly deface.
[verse 10] O God, create in me a heart
unspotted in thy sight:
And eke within my bowels, Lord,
renew a stable sprite.
[verse 11] Ne cast me from thy sight, nor take
thy holy Spirit away:
The comfort of thy saving health
give me again, I pray.
[verse 12] With thy free Spirit establish me,
and I will teach therefore
Sinners thy ways, and wicked shall
be turned to thy lore.