Lesson: Sin Enters the World<br>
Reading: Acknowledging our transgressions<br>
Reference:  Ps. 51:1-12<br><br>
Psalms 51:1: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.<br>
Psalms 51:2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.<br>
Psalms 51:3: For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.<br>
Psalms 51:4: 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.<br>
Psalms 51:5: Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.<br>
Psalms 51:6: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.<br>
Psalms 51:7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<br>
Psalms 51:8: Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.<br>
Psalms 51:9: Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.<br>
Psalms 51:10: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.<br>
Psalms 51:11: Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.<br>
Psalms 51:12: Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.<br>
(KJV)<br>