Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Confession of sin » Examples of personal » David
For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They replied, “What is that to us? See to that yourself!”
But David’s heart (conscience) troubled him after he had counted the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the sin of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
He brought up the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged [with their arms and legs broken].
“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
Man » God » Preserves
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
Sin » Examples of personal » David
For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They replied, “What is that to us? See to that yourself!”
But David’s heart (conscience) troubled him after he had counted the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the sin of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
He brought up the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged [with their arms and legs broken].
“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”