תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי בְאֵז֣וֹב וְאֶטְהָ֑ר תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג אַלְבִּֽין׃
Puisses-tu me purifier avec l’hysope, pour que je sois pur! Puisses-tu me laver, pour que je sois plus blanc que neige!
Sanhedrin
Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav, David was afflicted with leprosy for six months, and the divine presence departed from him, and the sanhedrin separated from him. He was afflicted with leprosy, as it says, "Purge me with hyssop till I am pure; wash me till I am whiter than snow." (Psalms 51:9) The divine presence departed from him, as it says, "Let me again rejoice in Your help; let a vigorous spirit sustain me." (Psalms 51:14) And the sanhedrin separated from him, as it says, "May those who fear You, those who know Your decrees, turn again to me." (Psalms 119:79) ...From where do we learn six months? As it says, "The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years." (I Kings 2:11)