I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity; I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord; and You forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.

For I will declare my iniquity, and be distressed for my sin.

And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected Me, and that they have walked perversely before Me,

and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in [the punishment of] their sins.

And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? And He has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.

He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper, but he that blames [himself] shall be loved.

I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

And he arose and went to his father. But when he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.

For our iniquity is great before You, and our sins have risen up against us; for our iniquities are in us, and we know our unrighteous deeds.

We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us. Because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.