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Psalms 51:1-4

1Have mercyחָנֵּ֣נִיcho.ne.niH2603upon me, O Godאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,according to thy lovingkindnessכְּחַסְדֶּ֑ךָke.chas.De.khaH2617:according unto the multitudeכְּרֹ֥בke.RoH7230of thy tender merciesרַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָra.cha.Mei.khaH7356blot outמְחֵ֣הme.ChehH4229my transgressionsפְשָׁעָֽי׃fe.sha.'AiH6588.

2Washכַּבְּסֵ֣נִיka.be.Se.niH3526me throughlyהֶ֭רֶבHe.revH7235from mine iniquityמֵעֲוֹנִ֑יme.'a.vo.NiH5771,and cleanseטַהֲרֵֽנִי׃ta.ha.Re.niH2891me from my sinוּֽמֵחַטָּאתִ֥יu.me.cha.ta.TiH2403.

3For I acknowledgeאֵדָ֑ע'e.Da'H3045my transgressionsH6588:and my sinוְחַטָּאתִ֖יve.cha.ta.TiH2403iseverתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548before me.

4Against thee, thee only, have I sinnedחָטָאתִי֮cha.ta.TiH2398,and doneעָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213thisevilוְהָרַ֥עve.ha.Ra'H7451in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֗יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869:that thou mightest be justifiedתִּצְדַּ֥קtitz.DakH6663when thou speakestבְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָbe.da.ve.Re.khaH1696, andbe clearתִּזְכֶּ֥הtiz.KehH2135when thou judgestבְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ׃ve.sha.fe.Te.khaH8199.

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