12. Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance!Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
13. Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways,and sinners will turn to you.
14. Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me!Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.
15. O Lord, give me the words!Then my mouth will praise you.
16. Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it;you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.
17. The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit – O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
18. Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her!Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!