<p class="poetry">Hold them accountable for all their sins!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not vindicate them!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I was innocent before him,p> <p class="poetry">and kept myself from sinning.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> I confess my wrongdoing,p> <p class="poetry">and I am concerned about my sins.p>

<p class="poetry">I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their sin by inflicting them with bruises.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are aware of our sins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you even know about our hidden sins.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He is the one who forgives all your sins,p> <p class="poetry">who heals all your diseases,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They acted like fools in their rebellious ways,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and suffered because of their sins.p>

<p class="poetry">He will deliver<n id="1" /> Israelp> <p class="poetry">from all the consequences of their sins.<n id="2" />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>

<p class="poetry">For the sake of your reputation,<n id="1" /> O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">forgive my sin, because it is great.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">for he is too proudp> <p class="poetry">to recognize and give up his sin.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why should I be afraid in times of trouble,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wash away my wrongdoing!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Cleanse me of my sin!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I was guilty of sin from birth,p> <p class="poetry">a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hide your face<n id="1" /> from my sins!p> <p class="poetry">Wipe away<n id="2" /> all my guilt!p>

<p class="poetry">Though I have done nothing wrong,<n id="1" /> they are anxious to attack.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our record of sins overwhelms me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but you forgive<n id="2" /> our acts of rebellion.p>

<p class="poetry">You pardoned<n id="1" /> the wrongdoing of your people;p> <p class="poetry">you forgave<n id="2" /> all their sin. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">He does not deal with us as our sins deserve;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Many times he delivered<n id="1" /> them,p> <p class="poetry">but they had a rebellious attitude,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and degraded themselves<n id="3" /> by their sin.p>