For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.(A)
Against you, you only, have I sinned(B)
    and done what is evil in your sight;(C)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.(D)
Surely I was sinful(E) at birth,(F)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom(G) in that secret place.(H)

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For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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