¹³ Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

³ And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

² Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

³ For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

⁴ Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

⁵ Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

⁷ Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

⁸ Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

⁹ Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

¹⁰ Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

¹¹ Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.

¹² Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

¹³ Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.

¹ <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

² Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³ When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

⁴ For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

⁵ I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

⁶ For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

⁷ You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

³ For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

⁴ So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

⁵ Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

⁶ And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.