“There shall be for you no other gods before me.
Happy is he whose transgression is taken away,
whose sin is covered.
Happy is a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity
and in whose spirit there is not deceit.
When I kept silent, my bones were worn out
due to my groaning all the day.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.
My vigor was changed into the dry heat of summer. Selah
I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover.
I said, “I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh,”
and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah
Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
at the time for finding you.
Surely at the flood of many waters they will not reach him.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and from my sin cleanse me.
For I myself know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you, only you, I have sinned
and have done this evil in your eyes,
so that you are correct when you speak,
you are blameless when you judge.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
All of us have wandered about like sheep;
we each have turned to his own way;
and Yahweh let fall on him
the iniquity of us all.
And he said, “What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.
For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
adulteries, acts of greed, malicious deeds, deceit, licentiousness, envy, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.
All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
For the compensation due sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.)