'Iniquity' in the Bible

“As I have seen, those who plow wickednessAnd those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.

“So the helpless have hope,And injustice shuts its mouth.

“Why then do You not pardon my transgressionAnd take away my sin and guilt?For now I will lie down in the dust;And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”

That You seek my guiltAnd search for my sin?

‘If I sin, then You would take note and observe me,And You would not acquit me of my guilt.

And [that He would] show you the secrets of wisdom!For sound wisdom has two sides.Know therefore that God forgets a part of your wickedness and guilt.

“For He recognizes and knows false and worthless men,And He sees wickedness, will He not consider it?

“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,And You cover my wickedness [from Your view].

“For your guilt teaches your mouth,And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.

How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!

“They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness,And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”

“The heavens will reveal his wickedness and guilt,And the earth will rise up against him.

“You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.

“Does not tragedy fall [justly] on the unjustAnd disaster to those who work wickedness?

“For adultery is a heinous and lustful crime;Moreover, it would be a sin punishable by the judges.

This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment,For I would have denied God above.

“Have I concealed my transgressions like Adam or like other men,By hiding my wickedness in my bosom,

‘I am pure, without transgression;I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

“He sings out to other men,‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right,And it was not proper for me!

Who goes in company with those who do evilAnd walks with wicked men?

“Therefore hear me, you men of understanding.Far be it from God that He would do wickedness,And from the Almighty to do wrong.

Teach me what I do not see [in regard to how I have sinned];If I have done wrong (injustice, unrighteousness),I will not do it again’?

“He opens their ears to instruction and discipline,And commands that they return from evil.

“Take heed and be careful, do not turn to wickedness,For you have chosen this [the vice of complaining against God] rather than [learning from] affliction.