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Behold, you desire true sincerity;
    and secretly you teach me wisdom.
Cleanse me with hyssop,[a] that I may be pure;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.(A)
10 You will let me hear gladness and joy;
    the bones you have crushed will rejoice.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:9 Hyssop: a small bush whose many woody twigs make a natural sprinkler. It was prescribed in the Mosaic law as an instrument for sprinkling sacrificial blood or lustral water for cleansing, cf. Ex 12:22; Lv 14:4; Nm 19:18.

Let me hear joy and gladness;(A)
    let the bones(B) you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins(C)
    and blot out(D) all my iniquity.

10 Create in me a pure heart,(E) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.(F)

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