I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
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.
For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.