<p class="poetry">We have sinned like<n id="1" /> our ancestors;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">we have done wrong, we have done evil.p>

<p class="poetry">Sprinkle me<n id="1" /> with water<n id="2" /> and I will be pure;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">wash me<n id="4" /> and I will be whiter than snow.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet they continued to sin against him,p> <p class="poetry">and rebelled against the sovereign One<n id="1" /> in the desert.p>

<p class="poetry">Despite all this, they continued to sin,p> <p class="poetry">and did not trust him to do amazing things.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">In my heart I store up<n id="1" /> your words,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so I might not sin against you.p>

<p class="poetry">Tremble with fear and do not sin!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways!<n id="2" /> (Selah)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>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">I decided,<n id="2" /> &#8220;I will watch what I sayp> <p class="poetry">and make sure I do not sin with my tongue.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will put a muzzle over my mouthp> <p class="poetry">while in the presence of an evil man.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>