Therefore I despise myself, and have repented in dust and ashes.

Then Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the faithfulness which You have done for Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.

And David's heart was smitten after he had numbered the people. So David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Jehovah, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he requested for his soul that he might die, and said, It is enough! Now, Jehovah, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!

And I said: O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the Heavens.

O Jehovah the God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as refugees, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this!

However You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have dealt faithfully, but we have done wickedly.

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be found just when You speak, and pure when You judge.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Then I said, Woe is me! for I am undone! for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

we have sinned and have committed iniquity and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your commandments and from Your judgments.

O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us the shame of face, as it is this day to the men of Judah, and to those living in Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near and who are afar in all the lands where You have driven them for their unfaithfulness which they have trespassed against You.

And when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!

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

and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to Heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner!

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes would abhor me.

Nor is there any mediator between us, who may lay his hand on us both.

Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.

Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for the son of his friend!

I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would set me in place.

I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince I would approach Him.

Look at me and be astonished; put your hand over your mouth.

the rulers refrained from talking, and put their hand on their mouth;

And they said to him, Be quiet, put your hand over your mouth, and come with us; be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest to the household of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

I was mute, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

If you have done foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, lay your hand over your mouth.

The nations shall see and be put to shame for all their might. They shall lay their hand over their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

But Jehovah is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

All flesh, be silent before Jehovah. For He is raised up out of His holy habitation.