<p class="poetry">If I sinned, then you would watch mep> <p class="poetry">and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.p>

<p class="poetry">Then I confessed my sin;p> <p class="poetry">I no longer covered up my wrongdoing.p> <p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;I will confess<n id="1" /> my rebellious acts to the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">And then you forgave my sins.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Surely now you count my steps;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">then you would not mark<n id="3" /> my sin.<n id="4" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Then Pharaoh quickly<n id="2" /> summoned Moses and Aaron and said, &#8220;I have sinned<n id="3" /> against the <sc>Lordsc> your God and against you!

Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

Obadiah<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">That person sings<n id="1" /> to others,<n id="2" /> saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I have sinned and falsified what is right,p> <p class="poetry">but I was not punished according to what I deserved.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">My whole body is sick because of your judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am deprived of health because of my sin.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, I said:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">Heal me, for I have sinned against you!p>

<p class="poetry">Against you &#8211; you above all<n id="1" /> &#8211; I have sinned;p> <p class="poetry">I have done what is evil in your sight.p> <p class="poetry">So<n id="2" /> you are just when you confront me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you are right when you condemn me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Jacob became angry<n id="1" /> and argued with Laban. &#8220;What did I do wrong?&#8221; he demanded of Laban.<n id="2" /> &#8220;What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, &#8220;I have sinned this time!<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.<n id="2" />

So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the <sc>Lordsc> your God that he would only<n id="1" /> take this death<n id="2" /> away from me.&#8221;

Achan told Joshua, &#8220;It is true. I have sinned against the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel in this way:<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Saul said to Samuel, &#8220;I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the <sc>Lordsc> commanded<n id="1" /> and what you said as well.<n id="2" /> For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes.<n id="3" />

Saul<n id="1" /> again replied, &#8220;I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the <sc>Lordsc> your God.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then David exclaimed to Nathan, &#8220;I have sinned against the <sc>Lordsc>!&#8221; Nathan replied to David, &#8220;Yes, and the <sc>Lordsc> has forgiven<n id="1" /> your sin. You are not going to die.

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> I have sinned &#8211; what have I done to you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O watcher of men?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Why have you set me as your target?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Have I become a burden to you?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For look, they wait to ambush me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">powerful men stalk<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">you say, &#8216;I have not done anything wrong,p> <p class="poetry">so the <sc>Lordsc> cannot really be angry with me any more.&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">But, watch out!<n id="1" /> I will bring down judgment on youp> <p class="poetry">because you say, &#8216;I have not committed any sin.&#8217;p>