Psalms 51:3-7

³For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me.

⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And in thy sight have I done evil; So that thou art just in thy sentence, And righteous in thy judgment.

⁵Behold! I was born in iniquity, And in sin did my mother conceive me.

⁶Behold! thou desirest truth in the heart; So teach me wisdom in my inmost soul!

⁷Purge me with hyssop, until I be clean; Wash me, until I be whiter than snow!