For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.
He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.
Then he looks at men and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right, And it did not profit me.’
If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,