A David Psalm, After He was Confronted by Nathan About the Affair of Bathsheba

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Generous in love - God, give grace!
Huge in mercy - wipe out my bad record.
Scrub away my guilt,
Soak out my sins in your laundry.
I know how bad I've been;
My sins are staring me down.

You're the only One I've violated, and you've seen
It all, seen the full extent oLanguagef my evil.
You have all the facts before you;
Whatever you decide about me is fair.
I've been out of step with you for a longtime,
In the wrong before I was born.
What you are after is truth from the inside out.
Enter me then, conceive a new, true life.

From The Message//Remix: The Bible in Contemporary Language. p. 964