# 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/translate/figs-idiom]])

# your servant's guilt

David refers to himself as God's servant. Alternate translation: "my guilt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])