For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is

3. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is

ever before me.

4. Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that

which is evil in Thy sight; that Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, and be clear when Thou judgest.

5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my

mother conceive me.

6. Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and in

the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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’ ‘Gainst Thee, Thee only, hate I sinned,
in Thy sight done this ill;
That when Thou speak’ st,Thou may’st be just,
and clear in judging still.

Behold, I in iniquity

was form’d the womb within;
My mother also me conceived

in guiltiness and sin.

Behold, Thou in the inward parts

with truth delighted art;
And wisdom Thou shalt make me know

within the hidden part.’

—Scottish Psalter