Against thee, against thee only have I sinned, and done evil in thy sight, that thou mayest be just when thou [a]speakest, and pure when thou judgest.

Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.

Behold, thou [b]lovest truth in the inward affections: therefore hast thou taught me wisdom in the secret of mine heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:4 When thou givest sentence against sinners, they must needs confess thee to be just, and themselves sinners.
  2. Psalm 51:6 He confesseth that God who loveth pureness of heart, may justly destroy man, who of nature is a sinner much more him, whom he had instructed in his heavenly wisdom.

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