# take away your servant's guilt
This is an idiom. Forgiveness is here spoken of as having guilt taken away. Alternate translation: "forgive me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# your servant's guilt
David refers to himself as God's servant. Alternate translation: "my guilt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])