For I knowmy transgressions,And my sinis everbeforeme.
The descendantsof Israelseparatedthemselves from allforeigners,and stoodand confessedtheir sinsand the iniquitiesof their fathers.
"He will singto menand say,I have sinnedand pervertedwhatis right,And it is not properfor me.
I acknowledgedmy sinto You, And my iniquityI did not hide;I said,"I will confessmy transgressionsto the LORD";And You forgavethe guiltof my sin.Selah.
For I confessmy iniquity;I am fullof anxietybecauseof my sin.
For evilsbeyondnumberhave surroundedme; My iniquitieshave overtakenme, so that I am not ableto see;They are morenumerousthanthe hairsof my head,And my hearthas failedme.
My enemiesspeakevilagainst me, "Whenwill he die,and his nameperish?"
He who concealshis transgressionswill not prosper,But he who confessesand forsakes[them] will findcompassion.
"I, even I, am the one who wipesout your transgressionsfor My own sake,And I will not rememberyour sins.
For our transgressionsare multipliedbeforeYou, And our sinstestifyagainst us; For our transgressionsare with us, And we knowour iniquities:
"Let us liedownin our shame,and let our humiliationcoverus; for we have sinnedagainst the LORDour God,we and our fathers,from our youtheven to thisday.And we have not obeyedthe voiceof the LORDour God."