'Sin' in the Bible

Be angry and do not sin;on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.Selah

You have tested my heart;You have examined me at night.You have tried me and found nothing evil;I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

Because of Your name, Yahweh,forgive my sin, for it is great.

Davidic. A Maskil.How joyful is the onewhose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered!

How joyful is the manthe Lord does not charge with sinand in whose spirit is no deceit!

Then I acknowledged my sin to Youand did not conceal my iniquity.I said,“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

for in his own eyes he flatters himself too muchto discover and hate his sin.

There is no health in my bodybecause of Your indignation;there is no strength in my bonesbecause of my sin.

So I confess my guilt;I am anxious because of my sin.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my waysso that I may not sin with my tongue;I will guard my mouth with a muzzleas long as the wicked are in my presence.”

You discipline a man with punishment for sin,consuming like a moth what is precious to him;every man is only a vapor.Selah

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;You open my ears to listen.You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

Wash away my guiltand cleanse me from my sin.

For I am conscious of my rebellion,and my sin is always before me.

Will they escape in spite of such sin?God, bring down the nations in wrath.

Deliver me from those who practice sin,and save me from men of bloodshed.

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.Powerful men attack me,but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,let them be caught in their pride.They utter curses and lies.

But they continued to sin against Him,rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

You took away Your people’s guilt;You covered all their sin.Selah

then I will call their rebellionto account with the rod,their sin with blows.

He forgives all your sin;He heals all your diseases.

He rescued them many times,but they continued to rebel deliberatelyand were beaten down by their sin.

When he is judged, let him be found guilty,and let his prayer be counted as sin.

Let his ancestors’ guiltbe remembered before the Lord,and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.

I have treasured Your word in my heartso that I may not sin against You.

Make my steps steady through Your promise;don’t let any sin dominate me.

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thingor perform wicked actswith men who commit sin.Do not let me feast on their delicacies.