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Against you, you alone,[a] have I sinned;
    I have done what is evil in your sight.
Therefore, you are right in accusing me
    and just in passing judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:6 Against you, you alone: the very essence of sin is that it constitutes an offense against God, even though it may also entail an offense against human beings. Just in passing judgment: permitted by God, sin calls for the intervention of his judgment (see Rom 3:4).

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

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Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom(A) in that secret place.(B)

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